About the Journal

Background

The INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RELIGION, ARTS AND HUMANITIES (IJRAH) is an internationally refereed online journal (e-ISSN 2805-5055) published by the Research Centre for Theology and Philosophy, National University of Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia). IJRAH is an Open Access Journal that users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles. The international perspective of the journal is reflected by its international authors, international editors, international reviewers, international advisory board members, international access and its trilingual approach (English, Arabic and Malay). Founded in 2021, IJRAH is published in June and December annually. It is open to authors around the world regardless of nationality. IJRAH supports the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing.

Aim & Scope

Aim

The mission of the International Journal of Religion, Arts and Humanities (IJRAH) is to encourage scholarly research in religion, arts and humanities issues. IJRAH provides a venue for academics and researchers to publish current and significant research as well as other publication activities, such as book and article reviews. The specific objectives of the Journal are:

  • To offer a forum for publishing high quality research in religion, arts and humanities.
  • To present new ideas and philosophical findings in religion, arts and humanities issues.
  • To promote greater exchange of information between the various scholars in religion, arts and humanities.
  • To disseminate cutting-edge research that explores the interrelationship between religion, arts and humanities.

Scope

Articles can be from any of the following areas: Anthropology, Comparative Religion, Cultural Studies, Ethics, Gender Studies, Hermeneutics, History and Civilization, Interfaith Dialogue, Language, Law and Jurisprudence, Literature Studies, Manuscript Studies, Media, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology of Religion, Religious Studies, Religious Textual Studies, Sufism and Mysticism, Theology.

Article Types

Original Research Articles: Research papers reporting original research in all fields of Islamic Thought. Word count: 4,000 words (excluding abstract and references).

Review Articles: Concise reviews should be less than 1,500 words (including references).

Book Reviews: About 2,000 words (including references).

Research Notes: 1,000–1,200 words.

Peer Review Process

All manuscripts are subjected to rigorous double-blind peer review — the identity of the peer reviewers is not revealed to the authors, and the identity of the authors is not revealed to the reviewers.

Publication Ethics

IJRAH adheres to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). IJRAH does not accept any type of plagiarism. Each manuscript will be reviewed using iThenticate.

Submission Timeline

  • Notification of Receipt: Within one week after submission.
  • Notification of Acceptance: 6 weeks.
  • Revised submission deadline: 4 weeks.
  • Final Notification: 2 weeks.
  • Publication: Last week of June / December.

Indexing

The journal is indexed by:

  • Index Copernicus
  • MyJurnal