About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Jurnal Dakwah Risalah focuses on da’wah (Islamic proselytizing), with a particular emphasis on the Indonesian context and global perspective. Da'wah studied in this journal is academic in nature. The journal does not aim to invite people to convert to Islam but the word da'wah here implies that it is studied empirically. Da'wah is an activity that is always carried out by Muslims both individually and collectively. The phenomenon of da'wah practiced by Muslim communities is the focus of this journal so that this journal does not publish articles based on a normative approach that looks at the truth side of Islam as the concept of da'wah understood normatively by Muslim communities. This journal will publish articles that study the da'wah carried out by the Muslim community as it is.

The main focus of the Jurnal Dakwah Risalah includes:

  • Local Culture Da'wah 
  • Da’wah for Development
  • Da’wah for Islamic Moderation
  • Contemporary Da'wah

Peer Review Process

Every manuscript written in the Jurnal Dakwah Risalah will be reviewed by two reviewers (double-blind review). If one reviewer rejects the article, the editor will send the article to the third reviewer. The decision to accept or reject the article script  is decided in the Editor's meeting by considering the recommendations and notes made by the reviewer. Returned articles must be improved by the authors. After improvements have been made in accordance with the feedback from the reviewers, author should resend (re-submit) the article for further review. To avoid plagiarism, all articles submitted to Jurnal Dakwah Risalah will be checked with similarity checker software. The final decision on manuscripts is made by the Editor in Chief.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Journal History

Jurnal Dakwah Risalah has been registered to PDDI LIPI and got printed ISSN based on SK N. 18.251/IV.3.05/ISSN/2001 on 14 May 2001. During the period of the journal publishing, there were some changes in identity due to the lost printed ISSN registration’s document. Once, it was published with the title Risalah: Jurnal Kajian Dakwah, Komunikasi dan Kemasyarakatan, after that Jurnal Risalah: Jurnal Kajian Dakwah, Komunikasi dan Kemasyarakatan. The title changed into Jurnal Dakwah Risalah when it was registered to online ISSN, applied from Vol. 29, No. 2, December 2018.

Jurnal Dakwah Risalah firstly published its articles on the Open Journal System (OJS) in Vol. 24, No. 2 (2013): November 2013, but it was not all of the articles published in the website. All articles started to be published in the online journal in Vol. 26, No. 1 (2015): March 2015. Along with the period 2013 to 2017, the articles were published through quick submit. While the process of submitting, reviewing, and editing articles were done manually.

In 2018, Jurnal Dakwah Risalah fully implements the business process in OJS, in which all the processes have been done based on the mechanism. In 2019, Jurnal Dakwah Risalah submitted for accreditation and received Sinta 4.

Following up on the assessors’ assessment, Jurnal Dakwah Risalah keeps maintaining its management and content. Previously, this journal had focus and scope in dawah and communication field study. In order to considerate the assessor's recommendation and academic reason, and also the result of study comparison in other similar journals, therefore it changed the focus and scope becoming Islamic Communication, Management of Dakwah, Islamic Guidance, and Development of Islamic Society.

In 2019, Jurnal Dakwah Risalah made MoU with organizations of profession and the association of journal managers, they are Asosiasi Profesi Dakwah Indonesia (APDI), Perkumpulan Pengelola Jurnal Ilmu Dakwah (PPJID), and Asosasi Penerbit Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi Indonesia (APJIKI). Since 5 April 2020, Jurnal Dakwah Risalah has been indexed in DOAJ with category Green Tick. 

Jurnal Dakwah Risalah has been accredited on level 2 (Sinta 2) by Ministry of Research and Technology/ National Agency for Research and Innovation of the Republic of Indonesia (Surat Keputusan Menteri Riset dan Teknologi/ Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional Nomor 148/M/KPT/2020 tentang Peringkat Akreditasi Jurnal Ilmiah Periode II Tahun 2020) valid for 5 years from Volume 30 No. 2 2019 to Volume 35 No. 1 2024 (Certificate).

There has been a change on focus and scope in Jurnal Dakwah Risalah. The former focus and scope of the journal discusses  Islamic Communication, Da'wah Management, Islamic Guidance and Islamic Community Development. Starting from Volume 32, Issues 2 of 2021,  the Journal focuses specifically in Da’wah (Islamic Proselytizing) including Local Culture Da'wah, Da’wah for Development, Da’wah for Islamic Moderation and Contemporary Da'wah.