Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Madania is a peer- reviewed journal that concerns with the field of Islamic studies under six main topics including (1) Islamic law, (2) Islamic education; (3)  Islamic  theology and philosophy, (4) Islamic economy, (5)Islamic communication, and (6)study of the Qur’an and hadith.

 The article may be written with two types; research and conceptual idea. The research comprises scholarly reports that enhance knowledge regarding islamic studies of the six topics. This may include articles that report results of  quantitative or qualitative research studies.The conceptual  idea  publishes articles conceptually  relevant to the Islamic studies in accordance with the present theories, models, or philosophical  position in such Islamic studies

 

Section Policies

 

Peer Review Process

General information

Criteria for publication

MADANIA : Journal of Islamic Studies, is a peer- reviewed journal that concerns with the field of Islamic studies under six main topics including (1) Islamic law, (2) Islamic education; (3) Islamic theology and philosophy, (4) Islamic economy,(5)Islamic communication, and (6)study of the Qur’an and hadith.

 The article may be written with two types; research and conceptual idea. The research comprises scholarly reports that enhance knowledge regarding islamic studies of the six topics. This may include articles that report results of  quantitative or qualitative research studies.The conceptual  idea  publishes articles conceptually  relevant to the Islamic studies in accordance with the present theories, models, or philosophical  position in such Islamic studies

.The review process

Each submitted manuscripts is  read by the editorial staff. Only those papers that seem most likely to meet our editorial criteria are sent for full peer review. Those papers assessed by the editors to be of insufficient general interest or otherwise inappropriate are rejected promptly based on internal and external advice from reviewer specialists in the field).

The potential manuscripts to our readership interest are sent for the next review, at least by two reviewers. The editors then take a decision based on the reviewers' recommendation.

Peer-reviewer Selection

Reviewer selection is essential for publication process based on many factors, including expertise, reputation, specific recommendations and our experience of reviewing the publication process.  Furthermore, we ensure the potential reviewers before sending them manuscripts to review.

Writing the review

The main purpose of the review is to provide the editors with the information needed to determine the accepted manuscripts. The review should also advise the authors as to how they can rewrite for better paper to comply with editorial requirements. As far as possible, a negative review should explain to the authors the weaknesses of their manuscript, so that rejected authors can understand the basis for the decision and see in broad terms what needs to be done to improve the manuscript. This is secondary to the other functions, however, and referees should not feel obliged to provide detailed, constructive advice to the authors of papers that do not meet the criteria for the journal (as outlined in the letter from the editor when asking for the review).

Anonymity

We conduct double-blind review so to authors and the reviewer unknown each other. Unless the reviewers feel so strongly to identify the author, nonetheless, we prefer that reviewers are anonymous throughout the review process and beyond.

Peer-review publication policies

All contributions submitted to the specialists for education area that are selected for peer-review. No less than two selected reviewers read the propective articles.

Ethics and security

MADANIA : Journal of Islamic Studies,  editors may seek advice about submitted papers not only from technical reviewers but also on any aspect of a paper that raises concerns. These may include, for example, ethical issues or issues of access to data or materials. Very occasionally, concerns may also relate to the implications to society of publishing a paper, including threats to security. In such circumstances, advice will usually be sought simultaneously with the technical peer-review process. Overall, publishing decisions, the ultimate decision as to whether to publish is the responsibility of the editor of the journal concerned

 

Publication Frequency

MADANIA published every June and December annually,

 

Open Access Policy

Every article appearing in any MADANIA journal is 'open access', meaning that:

  1. The article is universally and freely accessible via the Internet, in an easily readable format. All publications are deposited immediately upon publication, without embargo, in an agreed format - current preference is PDF in at least one widely and internationally recognized open access repository.
  2. The author(s) or copyright owner(s) irrevocably grant(s) to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate the article in its entirety or in part, in any format or medium, provided that no substantive errors are introduced in the process, proper attribution of authorship and correct citation details are given, and that the bibliographic details are not changed. If the article is reproduced or disseminated in part, this must be clearly and unequivocally indicated.

MADANIA is committed permanently to maintaining this open access publishing policy, retrospectively and prospectively, in all eventualities, including any future changes in ownership.

 

Publication Charge

No submission, processing, page, colored figures or publication charges are received from authors or elsewhere.

All articles are freely available as early online and on the day of publication on the journal’s website

 

Plagiarism

We accept all terms and conditions of COPE about plagiarism and in case, any attempt of plagiarism is brought to our attention accompanied with convincing evidence, we act based on flowcharts and workflows determined in COPE.
All submissions will be checked with Google Scholar: New Submission and After Acceptance from the editorial boards.