About the Publisher
Mitra Edukasi Sejahtera is an Indonesian academic publisher dedicated to open-access journals in Islamic studies. Our six journals serve different communities of scholars—from students and young researchers to international specialists—so that every piece of good research finds the right home.
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Journals
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Utawi: Jurnal Kajian Turats dan Kitab Kuning
Utawi: Journal of Turāth and Kitab Kuning Studies is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published twice a year (January and July) by Mitra Edukasi Sejahtera, Indonesia. Its name comes from utawi, the first word pesantren students write beneath a line of Arabic when glossing a kitab word by word in Javanese Pegon (makna gandul). It publishes text-centred studies of the classical Islamic tradition (turāth) as read, taught, and written in the pesantren and Ma’had Aly of Indonesia and the wider Malay world, including the works of Nusantara scholars. Every article must take one or more clearly identified kitab as its primary source and read it with an explicit method: analysis of commentaries (sharḥ and ḥāshiya), comparison of opinions (muqāranah), analysis of legal reasoning (istinbāṭ and qawā‘id), or the history and transmission of texts. The journal accepts articles in Indonesian, Arabic, and English and gives particular space to young scholars from Ma’had Aly writing together with their teachers.
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Sorogan: Jurnal Pedagogi Pesantren dan Madrasah
Sorogan: Journal of Pesantren and Madrasah Pedagogy is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published twice a year (February and August) by Mitra Edukasi Sejahtera, Indonesia. Named after the one-to-one reading method of the pesantren, it publishes empirical research on teaching and learning in pesantren and madrasah: how students learn, how kiai, ustadz, and teachers teach, and how curricula, assessment, and learning environments are designed and implemented. Its settings are pesantren (including Ma’had Aly and muadalah pesantren), madrasah diniyah, and formal madrasah from pre-school to upper secondary level, as well as comparable institutions in Southeast Asia. Every article must rest on primary data or verifiable secondary data. Articles are accepted in Indonesian and English.
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Sambatan: Journal of Community Engagement and Development
Sambatan: Journal of Community Engagement and Development (Jurnal Pengabdian dan Pengembangan Masyarakat) is an open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal that publishes research-based community engagement—programmes designed, implemented, and evaluated with communities—with particular attention to faith-based institutions and Muslim communities: pesantren, mosques, madrasas, zakat and waqf bodies, and village and coastal communities. Published twice a year (March and September) in Indonesian and English by Mitra Edukasi Sejahtera, Indonesia; APC per accepted article; CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Nuskha: Journal of Islamic Manuscript Studies
Nuskha: Journal of Islamic Manuscript Studies is an international, open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal devoted to Islamic manuscript studies, with a particular focus on the manuscript cultures of Southeast Asia and their connections across the Indian Ocean world. It publishes research articles, text editions, collection reports, and data papers in English and Arabic, twice a year (April and October). Published by Mitra Edukasi Sejahtera, Indonesia; APC per accepted article; CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Tamhid: Jurnal Studi Islam Peneliti Muda
Tamhid: Jurnal Studi Islam Peneliti Muda is an open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal published twice a year (May and November) by Mitra Edukasi Sejahtera. Tamhid is a first publishing venue for undergraduate and master’s students, santri, teachers, and early-career researchers in Islamic studies: Qur’anic and Hadith studies, Islamic thought and law, Islamic education, dakwah and Islamic counselling, Islam and culture, Islam and society, and contemporary Islamic studies. Manuscripts are accepted in Indonesian or English, with no submission fee (an APC applies to accepted articles only), and are published under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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Al-Majmu’: Journal of Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies
Al-Majmu’: Journal of Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies is an international, open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal published twice a year (June and December) by Mitra Edukasi Sejahtera, Indonesia. It publishes original research in English and Arabic that examines Islam and Muslim societies through interdisciplinary lenses—textual, historical, legal, educational, and social-scientific—with particular attention to Southeast Asia and its connections with the wider Muslim world. The journal charges an article processing charge (APC) per accepted article, with no submission fee, and publishes under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
