Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Focus

SMART: Journal of Sharia, Tradition, and Modernity is a journal that emphasizes the study of Islamic family law in Indonesia and in Muslim countries of the world, by presenting contemporary Islamic family law theories whose implementation in tradition, modernity that develops in Indonesian society and in Muslim countries of the world. The substance of the articles in this journal emphasizes aspects of qualitative analysis with field studies (empirical, phenomenological and case studies). Contains special studies related to:

 Scope

  1. Legal Issues in Marriage
  2. Comparative Family Law Issues in Muslim countries of the world
  3. Legal and Cultural Issues of Society
  4. Legal Issues and Gender Equality
  5. Legal Issues in the Customary System
  6. Legal Issues in Social Society
  7. Legal Issues in Religious Studies or Local Beliefs
  8. Legal Issues in the Study of Legal Anthropology
  9. Reform of Islamic family law from the perspective of Mubādalah
  10. Studies and research on family concepts in Islam
  11. Studies and research on program initiatives related to strengthening marriage and family, elations such as marriage guidance of the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

Manuscripts submitted to the SMART: Journal of Sharia, Tradition, and Modernity are evaluated by the editors. The manuscripts are critically evaluated based on the journal’s submission criteria:

  • scope of the journal and appropriateness to the field of study
  • evaluation of the similarity with Turnitin
  • appropriateness to the writing rules
  • Publication language

All manuscripts that have passed from pre-assessment of editors are subjected to peer-review at least two anonymous reviewers with double-blind review format who are specialized in the field concerned for contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation.

The handling editor sends invitations to individuals who he or she believes would be appropriate reviewers based on expertise, the closeness of research interest, and no conflict of interest consideration.

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.

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.

The Editor-in-Chief and handling editor considers 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.

The editor sends a decision email to the author including any relevant reviewer comments. Reviewer comments are 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.

If accepted, the paper is sent to copy-editing. If the article is rejected or sent back to the author for either major or minor revision, 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

SMART: Journal of Sharia, Tradition, and Modernity is Published Beannually (Issued in June and December)

 

Open Access Policy

SMART: Journal of Sharia, Tradition, and Modernity is committed to ensuring the widest possible dissemination of its content. All the research articles published in our journal are freely accessible online immediately upon publication, without any subscription or access fees. We grant this access under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0), which permits both sharing and adaptation, provided the original work is properly cited and any new creations are licensed under identical terms. This fosters a broader sharing and distribution of information. Please see the full license agreement at the Creative Commons website. Our open-access policy ensures that each article is available to a global audience, supporting a greater exchange of knowledge.

 

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...