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(D) Draft — must be adopted by the editorial board. This text is a model proposed by the journal starter catalog. It is not an effective journal policy until the editorial board has reviewed, adapted and formally adopted it.
Journal of Quranic and Islamic Studies (demo) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by [publisher]. [The editorial board completes this description: year of foundation, vision and mission.]
The journal publishes original research, critical editions of heritage texts, review articles and book reviews in Qur'anic sciences and tafsir, Hadith and its sciences, Aqidah and contemporary Islamic thought, Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh, Islamic economics and finance, Islamic judiciary and Siyasa Shar'iyya, and Da'wah and Islamic culture. It welcomes foundational and comparative studies, and research addressing contemporary issues in the light of the objectives of the Sharia. [The editorial board defines the covered fields precisely.]
The journal publishes accepted articles in biannual (two issues a year) issues. [Adjust the frequency to the editorial board's decision.]
Manuscripts undergo double-anonymous peer review under the peer review policy published on the journal website.
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The journal runs on Open Journal Systems (OJS): submission, peer review, decisions, production and publication happen on its site. Access and licensing policies are published on its pages.
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Authors: يوسف العسيري
Volume 1, Number 1 ·
A synthetic methodological study of how exegetes present coherence between suras. (Synthetic demo content)
Authors: يوسف العسيري
Volume 1, Number 1 ·
A synthetic methodological study of how exegetes present coherence between suras. (Synthetic demo content)
Written by the Editor-in-Chief or by authors invited by the editorial board. Not externally peer reviewed; submissions only from the editorial team.
Original, previously unpublished research that makes a clear contribution to knowledge or method. Recommended length up to 10,000 words including references, with Arabic and English abstracts of no more than 250 words each. Double-anonymous review by at least two reviewers.
Scholarly editions of heritage texts not previously published in a critical edition, or previously published in a deficient one. Includes a study of the author and text, a description of the manuscripts used with sample images, the editorial method, and apparatus, documentation and commentary. Recommended length up to 12,000 words. Double-anonymous review.
In-depth critical reviews of the literature on a defined topic that analyse trends and identify research gaps, rather than merely describing studies. Recommended length up to 9,000 words, with Arabic and English abstracts of no more than 250 words each. Double-anonymous review.
Critical reviews of recent scholarly books within the journal's scope that present the book's content and assess its contribution and method. Recommended length up to 2,500 words, with full bibliographic details of the book. Assessed by the editorial board; not externally peer reviewed.
Brief scholarly comments on material recently published in the journal, or short scholarly observations. Recommended length up to 1,000 words. Assessed by the editorial board and possibly a reviewer; the authors of the original article are offered a right of reply.
Correction notices (erratum / corrigendum) issued by the journal to correct errors in published items, under the corrections and retractions policy. Published by the editorial team only and linked to the original item.
Retraction notices and expressions of concern, under the corrections and retractions policy. Published by the editorial team only and linked to the item concerned, which remains available and clearly marked.
Exegesis and its principles, Qur'anic sciences and the readings (qira'at).
Hadith terminology, takhrij and isnad studies, narrator criticism and hadith commentary.
Comparative fiqh, legal theory, legal maxims, the objectives of the Sharia and contemporary issues (nawazil).
(D) Draft — must be adopted by the editorial board. This text is a model proposed by the journal starter catalog. It is not an effective journal policy until the editorial board has reviewed, adapted and formally adopted it.
The journal publishes original research, critical editions of heritage texts, review articles and book reviews in Qur'anic sciences and tafsir, Hadith and its sciences, Aqidah and contemporary Islamic thought, Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh, Islamic economics and finance, Islamic judiciary and Siyasa Shar'iyya, and Da'wah and Islamic culture. It welcomes foundational and comparative studies, and research addressing contemporary issues in the light of the objectives of the Sharia. [The editorial board defines the covered fields precisely.]
Write Qur'anic verses in the Uthmani script from a recognised electronic mushaf, enclose them in ornate brackets ﴿ ﴾ and reference each by surah and verse number, e.g. [al-Baqarah: 255], either in the text after the verse or in a note, using one method throughout. Indicate the reading where it is other than Hafs from Asim.
Verify (takhrij) hadith and reports from their primary sources, citing the book, chapter and hadith number, or volume and page. A hadith found in both Sahihs or one of them may be referenced to them alone; otherwise it is referenced to its other sources with its grading, quoted from the hadith authorities or established by the author with the grounds stated.
Attribute the opinions of schools and scholars to the authoritative sources of each school. Second-hand attribution through works on juristic disagreement or contemporary studies is acceptable only where the original is inaccessible, and must be indicated. Define the point of disagreement precisely, and present the evidence, its mode of inference and its discussion before stating a preferred view (tarjih), observing the etiquette of scholarly disagreement.
Transliterate Sharia terms and names in the English abstract, and in articles written in other languages, with one recognised system [proposal: ALA-LC], explaining each term at first mention.
Document quotations in consecutively numbered footnotes, give the Hijri death date of pre-modern scholars at first mention, and add a brief biographical note on lesser-known figures where needed.
The proposed default is footnote documentation: each note gives the author's best-known name, the title, the editor (muhaqqiq) if any, and the volume and page, while the full details are given in the bibliography at the end of the article: the author's full name and death date, the title, the editor, the publisher and place of publication, and the edition and its year. The bibliography is in alphabetical order, headed by the Holy Qur'an, with non-Arabic sources listed separately. The Chicago Manual of Style (notes and bibliography) may serve as a reference for standardising citation elements, and the editorial board may require a romanised list of the Arabic sources for indexing purposes. [The editorial board adopts the final style.]
At submission the author confirms that the work is original and not under consideration elsewhere, and discloses funding, competing interests, ethics approvals, data availability and any use of AI tools, according to the journal's published policies.
[The editorial board sets the journal's fee policy and publishes it here before submissions open.]
(D) Draft — must be adopted by the editorial board. This text is a model proposed by the journal starter catalog. It is not an effective journal policy until the editorial board has reviewed, adapted and formally adopted it.
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.
(D) Draft — must be adopted by the editorial board. This text is a model proposed by the journal starter catalog. It is not an effective journal policy until the editorial board has reviewed, adapted and formally adopted it.
Authors retain copyright in their work and grant the journal the right of first publication. Accepted items are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0) [proposal requiring adoption by the journal], which allows others to copy, distribute, adapt and build on the work for any purpose, provided the authors are credited and the original publication in the journal is acknowledged.
Authors may deposit the published version in institutional or subject repositories or on personal websites with full acknowledgement of its original publication in the journal.
Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission to use any third-party material and for acknowledging it in the article.
(D) Draft — must be adopted by the editorial board. This text is a model proposed by the journal starter catalog. It is not an effective journal policy until the editorial board has reviewed, adapted and formally adopted it.
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Data is processed in accordance with applicable personal-data protection legislation and the policies of the journal's publisher. Reviewers' identities are kept confidential in line with the review model in use, and authors' data is published only to the extent needed to publish and cite their work.
Users can view and correct their data in their profile and may request deletion of their account by contacting the journal, subject to what must be retained to preserve the scholarly record of published items.
(D) Draft — must be adopted by the editorial board. This text is a model proposed by the journal starter catalog. It is not an effective journal policy until the editorial board has reviewed, adapted and formally adopted it.
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