Author Guidelines

The Journal of Indonesian Ulama, published two times a year since 2023, is a high-quality open access peer-reviewed research journal and furnishes an international scholarly forum for research on Indonesian ulama studies. Taking an expansive view of the subject, the journal brings together all disciplinary perspectives. It publishes high-quality open access peer-reviewed articles on the historical, cultural, social, philosophical, political, anthropological, literary, artistic, and other aspects of the subject in all times and places. The journal aims to become one of the leading platforms in the world for new findings and discussions of all the aforementioned fields. 

The journal warmly welcomes contributions from scholars of related disciplines. Articles should be original and unpublished and not under review for possible publication in other journals. All submitted papers are subject to review of the editors, editorial board, and blind reviewers. Novelty and recency of issues, however, are the priority in publishing. Submissions that violate our guidelines on formatting or length will be rejected without review.

Articles should be written in American English between approximately 3000-7500 words, including text, all tables, and figures, notes, references, and appendices intended for publication. All submissions must include 150 words of abstract and five keywords. Quotations, passages, and words in local or foreign languages should be translated into English. Journal of Indonesian Ulama accepts only electronic submissions. Therefore, authors must log in before submitting their articles. Please click here to log in.

All notes must appear in the text as citations. In a matter of bibliographical style, Journal of Indonesian Ulama follows the Chicago Manual Style.