Focus and Scope

Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education is an online peer review and open access journal that published twice a year which belongs to Islamic Studies and Development Centre (ISDC) Universitas Negeri Padang in collaboration with Association of Indonesian Islamic Religious Education Lecturers (ADPISI) and Association of Indonesian Islamic Religious Education Teachers (AGPAII). The Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education is devoted to research in Islamic education. It aims to develop dialogues and critical reflections on the state of the art concerning Islamic education.

The Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education is dedicated to scholars, teachers, and anyone interested by the evolution of the knowledge in Islamic Education. Articles published in the Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education need to fit with the expectation of scientific rigor concerning the theoretical background and the methodology. Results need to be realistic and embedded in the nowadays Islamic education topic. The topic should be fall within, but not limited to: innovation and technology in Islamic Education, Islamic education figures, and Al-Qur’an teaching and learning.

The Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education accepts research and review articles. The methodology used by authors can be qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods design, it is what makes Islamic education sciences original and relevant. Papers need to make contributions to the current literature on Islamic education. The Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education normally accepts only English languages submission. In this perspective of international openness, contributions from foreign researchers as well as comparative studies can find their place there.

Innovation and technology in Islamic Education – application of information technology in Islamic education, development of learning media for Islamic education, design of web and mobile applications for the learning process of Islamic education, and innovation in the learning process of Islamic education and other relevant issues.

Islamic education figures – biographies of Islamic education figures, thoughts and ideas of Islamic education figures, relevance and contextualisation of thoughts in the current context, and other relevant issues.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education: Journal reviewing policies are:

1. Every submitted paper will be reviewed by at least two peer-reviewers.
2. Reviewers are unaware of the identity of the authors, and authors are also unaware of the identity of reviewers (Blind Peer Reviews).
3. Reviewing process will consider novelty, objectivity, method, scientific impact, conclusion, and references.

The Editor shall inform you of the results of the review as soon as possible, hopefully between 1 - 2 months. Please notice that may be paper submissions to Khalifa journal the duration of the review process can be up to  3 months.

Using Double-Blind Peer Reviews

The peer review at Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education proceeds in 9 steps with the description as follows.
 
1. Submission of Paper
The corresponding or submitting author submits the paper to the journal. This is carried out via an online system supported by the Open Journal System (OJS). But in order to facilitate authors, Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education temporarily also accepts paper submissions by email.
 
2. Editorial Office Assessment
The submitted paper is first assessed by the Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education's editor. The editor checks whether it is suitable with the Journal focus and scope. The paper's composition and arrangement are evaluated against the journal's Author Guidelines to make sure it includes the required sections and stylizations. In addition, an assessment of the minimum required quality of the paper for publication begins at this step, including one that assesses whether there is a major methodological flaw. Every submitted paper which passes this step will be checked by Turnitin to measure the similarity index which leads to plagiarism before being reviewed by reviewers.
 
3. Appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief
The Editor-in-Chief checks if the paper is appropriate for the journal, sufficiently original, interesting, and significant for publication. If not, the paper may be rejected without being reviewed any further.
 
4. Invitation to Reviewers
The handling editor sends invitations to individuals who he or she believes would be an appropriate reviewer (also known as referees) based on expertise, the closeness of research interest, and no conflict of interest consideration. The peer review process at Islamic Guidance and Counseling Journal involves a community of experts in a narrowly defined field of guidance and counseling and educational psychology who are qualified and able to perform reasonably impartial review.  The impartiality is also maintained by the double-blind peer review employed in this journal. That said, the reviewer does not know the author's identity, conversely, the author does not know the reviewer's identity.  The paper is sent to reviewers anonymously.
 
5. Response to Invitations
Potential reviewers consider the invitation against their own expertise, conflicts of interest, and availability. They then decide to accept or decline. In the invitation letter, the editor may ask the potential reviewer for the suggestion of an alternative reviewer, when he or she declines to review.
 
6. Review is Conducted
The reviewers allocate time to read the paper several times. The first read is used to form an initial impression of the work. If major problems are found at this stage, the reviewers may feel comfortable rejecting the paper without further work. Otherwise, they will read the paper several more times, taking notes so as to build a detailed point-by-point review. The review is then submitted to the journal, with a recommendation to accept, or reject it, or else with a request for revision (usually flagged as either major or minor) before it is reconsidered.
 
7. Journal Evaluates the Reviews
The Editor-in-Chief and handling editor consider all the returned reviews before making an overall decision. If the reviews differ widely between both reviewers, the handling editor may invite an additional reviewer so as to obtain an extra opinion before making a decision.
 
8. The Decision is Communicated
The editor sends a decision email to the author including any relevant reviewer comments. Reviewer comments is sent anonymously to the corresponding author to take the necessary actions and responses. At this point, reviewers are also be sent an email or letter letting them know the outcome of their review.
 
9. Final Steps
If accepted, the paper is sent to copy-editing. Suppose the article is rejected or sent back to the author for either major or minor revision. In that case, the handling editor will include constructive comments from the reviewers to help the author improve the article. The author should make corrections and revise the paper per the reviewers' comments and instructions.
 
After revision has been made, the author should resubmit the revised paper to the editor.
 
If the paper was sent back for revision, the reviewers should expect to receive the revised version, unless they have opted out of further participation. However, where only minor changes were requested this follow-up review might be done by the handling editor.
 
If the editor is happy with the revised paper, it is considered to be accepted. The accepted papers will be published online and all are freely available as downloadable pdf files.

Publication Frequency

 The theme for the 2023-2024 issuances are as follows:

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.

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...

Editorial Office

Khalifa: Journal of Islamic Education is addressed at The Building 1st floor Islamic Studies and deveplement Center (ISDC) Universitas Negeri Padang (UNP). Jln. Prof. Dr. Hamka, Air Tawar Barat, Padang City, West Sumatera.Indonesia. Zipcode 25131. Phone/facs: +62-751 332 04: +62-821 7134 2649: +62-813 7429 3360: +62-812 6753 4449. e-mail: jurnal: kjie@ppj.unp.ac.id; website: http://kjie.ppj.unp.ac.id

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