Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Journal of Humanities Issues has been published since 2023, provides a forum for scientific communication of thought and research of philosophy. Published twice a year, i.e. June and December. The aim of the journal is to disseminate articles and research reports in the study of philosophy and religious studies, emphasizing texts with new, challenging ideas and critical explorations. The areas of focus are listed below: Islamic philosophy, sect and belief that develop in the Islamic society, religious studies, thoughts of leaders in Islam, a study of mysticism in Islam, Tarekat, Suluk, and the phenomena Islamic society.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

Journal of Humanities Issues (JHI) publishes two issues a year on June and December. The submitted manuscript is first reviewed by an editor. It will be evaluated in the office, whether it is suitable for JHI focus and scope or has a major methodological flaw and similiarity score by using Turnitin. The manuscript will be sent to two anonymous reviewers (Double Blind Review). Reviewers' comments are then sent to the corresponding author for necessary actions and responses.

The suggested decision will be evaluated in an editorial board meeting. Afterwards, the editor will send the final decision to the corresponding author. Utilizing feedback from the peer review process, the Editor will make a final publication decision. The review process will take approximately 4 to 12 weeks. Decisions categories include:

  1. Reject - Rejected manuscripts will not be published and authors will not have the opportunity to resubmit a revised version of the manuscript to JHI.
  2. Resubmit for Review– The submission needs to be re-worked, but with significant changes, may be accepted. However, It will require a second round of review.
  3. Accept wtih Revisions - Manuscripts receiving an accept-pending-revisions decision will be published in JHI under the condition that minor/major modifications are made. Revisions will be reviewed by an editor to ensure necessary updates are made prior to publication.
  4. Accept - Accepted manuscripts will be published in the current form with no further modifications required.

 

Publication Frequency

Journal of Humanities Issues publishes two issues a year on June and December. The submitted manuscript is first reviewed by an editor. It will be evaluated in the office, whether it is suitable for Al-Qudwah focus and scope or has a major methodological flaw and similiarity score by using Turnitin. The manuscript will be sent to at least two anonymous reviewers (Double Blind Review). Reviewers' comments are then sent to the corresponding author for necessary actions and responses.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

This journal is open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to users or / institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full text articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or author. This is in accordance with Budapest Open Access Initiative.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...