About the Journal

Senarai: Journal of Islamic Heritage and Civilization (ISSN: 3089-2864) is a peer-reviewed, open access academic journal dedicated to publishing high-quality original research and critical scholarship in Islamic intellectual heritage and civilizational studies. The journal promotes rigorous theoretical engagement, methodological clarity, and global scholarly dialogue by positioning Islamic thought as a coherent epistemic tradition and dynamic civilizational system with enduring historical and contemporary relevance across regions.

The journal is published by Yayasan Tunas Harapan Ummat and professionally managed by the Senarai Publishing Unit. To strengthen its academic integrity and editorial governance, the journal partners with Universitas Islam Bandung under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to uphold scholarly standards, ethical publishing practices, and ongoing institutional oversight.

Publication Frequency

The journal is published four times a year in November, February, May, and August. Each issue follows a structured editorial timeline to ensure consistency, punctuality, and academic reliability. Articles may be published online immediately after final acceptance and production to accelerate scholarly dissemination.

Peer-Review Process

All submissions undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process. Each manuscript is evaluated by at least two independent experts with recognized academic competence in the relevant field. Reviewers assess originality, methodological soundness, theoretical contribution, clarity of argumentation, and relevance to the journal’s scope. Editorial decisions are made objectively based on scholarly merit, ethical compliance, and international academic standards.

Open Access Policy

The journal provides immediate and unrestricted open access to all published content. Readers may freely read, download, distribute, and cite articles without subscription barriers. This policy supports global knowledge equity, research visibility, citation impact, and broader academic engagement across disciplines and regions.

Copyright and Licensing

Authors retain full copyright of their published work.

All articles published in Volume 1 No 1 to  Volume 1 No 3 are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. Under this license, the content may be shared for non-commercial purposes with proper attribution, but may not be altered, transformed, or built upon.

Starting from subsequent volumes, the journal adopts the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. This change is implemented to ensure alignment with the evolving scholarly communication context, allowing non-commercial use, distribution, and adaptation of the work, provided proper attribution is given and derivative works are licensed under identical terms.

This licensing transition does not apply retroactively. All previously published articles remain governed by the original licensing terms under which they were released.

Publication Ethics and Plagiarism Screening

The journal upholds strict publication ethics aligned with internationally recognized best practices in scholarly publishing. All submitted manuscripts undergo an initial editorial screening and are subjected to similarity assessment using iThenticate by Turnitin prior to entering the peer-review process.

The journal enforces a maximum similarity threshold of 10% (excluding properly cited quotations, references, and bibliographic materials). Manuscripts exceeding this threshold will be returned to the author for revision or may be rejected at the editorial discretion. This policy is implemented to ensure originality, intellectual honesty, and the highest standards of academic integrity.

Cases involving plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, duplicate submission, unethical citation practices, undisclosed conflicts of interest, or any other form of publication misconduct are addressed in accordance with the journal’s formal editorial procedures, correction protocols, and retraction guidelines. Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to adhere strictly to these ethical standards.

For comprehensive details regarding ethical responsibilities, editorial policies, correction mechanisms, and publication governance, please refer to the official Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement available at: Publication Ethics Guidelines .

Digital Object Identifier and Archiving

Each published article is assigned a permanent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to ensure stable citation, persistent linking, and long-term digital accessibility. The journal implements a comprehensive digital preservation strategy through the Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network (PKP-PN), which guarantees decentralized and secure long-term archiving of published content within the Open Journal Systems infrastructure. In addition, all published materials are preserved and made accessible through Archive.org to ensure redundancy, independent preservation, and global public access. This multi-layered archiving mechanism safeguards the scholarly record against data loss, technological failure, or institutional disruption, while maintaining international standards of digital preservation, metadata integrity, and long-term discoverability.

Revenue Sources

The journal operates under a transparent funding model supported by Article Processing Charges payable upon manuscript acceptance. Administrative fees apply only in cases of author-requested withdrawal after editorial processing has begun. Financial policies do not influence editorial independence, reviewer selection, or publication decisions.

Advertising Policy

The journal does not accept or publish commercial advertising. Editorial independence is strictly maintained, and no external entity influences editorial evaluation, peer-review outcomes, or publication decisions.

Article Types

The journal publishes Original Research Articles presenting substantial theoretical or empirical contributions, Editorial articles authored exclusively by members of the Editorial Board addressing strategic academic themes, and Book Reviews that critically evaluate recent scholarly works relevant to Islamic heritage and civilizational studies.

Regional and Global Engagement

The journal fosters scholarly discourse within the ASEAN region while actively engaging international researchers. Manuscripts are accepted in Bahasa Indonesia, English, and Arabic. Contributions from diverse geographical, intellectual, and methodological backgrounds are strongly encouraged to promote intercivilizational dialogue and global academic integration.

Focus and Scope

The journal covers Islamic theology, philosophy, ethics, Qur’anic and Hadith studies, Sufism, Islamic law and governance, manuscript and codicological studies, philology, historiography, intellectual genealogy, transmission of Islamic sciences, Islamic arts and architecture, literature, education, economic and maritime history, and contemporary civilizational dynamics. Particular attention is given to Southeast Asia and the Malay Nusantara region as integral contributors to the development of global Islamic civilization, while maintaining a broad transregional and comparative perspective.