Journal profile
ULUM
ISSN 2645-9132 · ULUM: Journal of Religious Inquiries · Turkey
ULUM: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 83 days (submission to final decision, publisher); 7 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ULUM is published by ULUM: Journal of Religious Inquiries. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Islamic Thought and Society Studies, Qur’anic Interpretation Studies and Islamic Studies and History, together about 56.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AimThe aim of ULUM Journal of Religious Studies is to provide an open-access academic platform where researchers from Turkey and abroad can share and disseminate the results of their studies in the field of “Religious Studies / Islamic Studies”. ScopeULUM Journal of Religious Studies, under the name of Religious Studies, includes multi-faceted original studies prepared in the fields and sub-branches of Basic Islamic Sciences, Philosophy and Religious Sciences, Islamic History and Arts.ScopeULUM Journal of Religious Studies, under the name of Religious Studies, includes multi-faceted original studies prepared in the fields and sub-branches of Basic Islamic Sciences, Philosophy and Religious Sciences, Islamic History and Arts.Subject CategorySocial Sciences: Sociology, Field Studies/Sufism.Humanities: Religion & Theology Philosophy, History.Science Field: Basic Islamic Sciences, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Islamic History and Arts.KeywordsTafsir, Recitation, Hadith, Kalam, Islamic Law, History of Islamic Sects, Sufism, Arabic Language and Literature, Islamic Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Psychology of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Religious Education, History of Religions, History of Philosophy, Logic, History of Islam, Islamic Arts History, Turkish-Islamic Literature, Religious Music.Broadcast PeriodULUM Journal of Religious Studies is published twice a year, on 31 July and 31 December.Target AudienceThe target audience of ULUM Journal of Religious Studies is professionals who continue their research in the field of Islamic sciences and students, readers and institutions interested in this field.CopyrightThe copyrights of the works published in ULUM Journal of Religious Studies belong to their authors. The authors allow the intellectual work they sent to be published by ULUM Religious Studies Journal under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.Price PolicyAll expenses of ULUM Journal of Religious Studies are covered by the publisher. The publication of articles and the execution of article processes in the journal are free of charge. No processing fee or submission fee is charged under any name for articles submitted to the journal or accepted for publication. Period Months July December
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Islamic Thought and Society StudiesArts and Humanities27.5%
- Qur’anic Interpretation StudiesSocial Sciences18%
- Islamic Studies and HistorySocial Sciences11%
- Education and Islamic StudiesSocial Sciences8%
- Medieval and Classical PhilosophyArts and Humanities6.5%
- Historical Turkish StudiesSocial Sciences4%
- Turkish Literature and CultureArts and Humanities3.5%
- Ottoman Empire History and SocietySocial Sciences2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.47OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 81 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 5 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 2 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
83 dayssubmission to final decision · community reports about 16 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision
- 83 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication
- 49 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 500 words
- Keywords
- 5–8
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted4
- book reviewsULUM accepts academic studies in the form of research articles, book reviews, doctoral thesis abstracts and translations.Length not stated
- doctoral thesis abstractsULUM accepts academic studies in the form of research articles, book reviews, doctoral thesis abstracts and translations.Length not stated
- research articlesULUM accepts academic studies in the form of research articles, book reviews, doctoral thesis abstracts and translations.Length not stated
- translationsULUM accepts academic studies in the form of research articles, book reviews, doctoral thesis abstracts and translations.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright
CC BY-NC 4.0 Model summary
ULUM is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
Studies submitted to the journal are subject to the referee process in which the double-blind refereeing system is operated with precision.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening with maximum 20% similarity rate Model summary
all articles are screened for plagiarism in order to prevent publication ethics violations, and a prerequisite is that the similarity rate does not exceed 20%.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- ULUM: Journal of Religious Inquiries
- Country or region
- Turkey
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2645-9132
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ULUM
How long does peer review take at ULUM?
The publisher reports about 83 days (submission to final decision); authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of ULUM?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 500 words; Keywords: 5–8; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index ULUM?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ULUM is indexed in DOAJ.
Is ULUM open access, and what is the APC?
ULUM is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .