International Journal of Islamic Thought

Aims & Scope

TheINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT (IJIT)is an internationally refereed online journal (e-ISSN 2289-6023) and printed journal (ISSN 2232-1314). IJIT is jointly published by the Department of Theology and Philosophy; the Faculty of Islamic Studies, National University of Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia), and; Wisdom Academia Venture. The credibility and achievements of IJIT have qualified it to be indexed by Scopus and the Web of Science (ESCI). The international perspective of IJIT reflected by its international authors, international editors, international reviewers, international member of advisory board, and international access. IJIT is an Open Access Journal that provides immediate and free access to its published content. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing purposes, transmit them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose without financial, legal, or technical barriers, in accordance with the principles of open access publishing. IJIT supports Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing. Founded in 2012, IJIT published in June and December annually. It is open to authors around the world regardless of the nationality. All published articles are assigned DOI (https://doi.org/10.24035) provided by Crossref. IJIT is a member of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics), a leading organization that provides guidelines, resources and support for editors, publishers and researchers to ensure integrity in academic writing and publishing. The International Journal of Islamic Thought (IJIT) has been honoured with the Malaysia Scopus Research Star Award 2024 by the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), Malaysia, in recognition of its outstanding global reputation, scholarly excellence, and impactful research achievements. Received:15.12.2025• Revised: 10.02.2026 • Accepted: 20.03.2026 • Published: 15.06.2026 Ahmad Munawar Ismail & Mohd Fa

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

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