About the Journal

Journal Title:  Islamic Governance Studies

Country of Publication: Iran, Qom.

Publisher: Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy

Director-in-Charge: Najaf Lakzaee

Editor-in-Chief: Najaf Lakzaee

Format: Online

Start Year: 2025

Online ISSN: 3115-767X

Frequency: Semiannual

Language: Persian, including English abstracts 

Open Access: Yes, free access to articles

Article Processing Charges:  No publication charges are required from the author.

Article types: Research and review papers.

Primary Review: 2 days, approximately.

Peer Review Policy: Double-blind peer-review

Average refereeing time: 4-8 weeks

Acceptance percentage: 20%

Citation Style: The APA referencing style.

Website: https://jislamicgov.isca.ac.ir/?lang=en

Assignment of DOI code to articles: Yes. Articles have a doi code.

COPE: Islamic Governance Studies follows the policies and guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and abides by its Code of Conduct in dealing with potential cases of misconduct.

Copyright: Authors retain unrestricted copyrights and publishing rights.

Type of License: Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Required files to be uploaded: 3 essential files must be submitted through the manuscript submission system: 1. The main file of the manuscript (without the names of the authors), 2. Authorship form (must include the title of the article and the name and surname of all authors and be signed by all authors), 3. Conflicts of Interest form (must be signed by the Corresponding Author and uploaded with the article file).