MSRT Rank 2024/1403: Grade B 
The Journal of Islamic Political Thought (IPT) is a scholarly publication recognized by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) based on Regulation No. 11/25685, dated May 20, 2019 (1398/02/09).

Dear Authors,

Publishing an article in the Journal of Islamic Political Thought (IPT) incurs publication fees in accordance with MSRT Circular No. 40879, dated May 14, 2022 (1401/02/24). Therefore, any contact from unauthorized individuals claiming they can guarantee article acceptance in this journal in exchange for exorbitant fees is fraudulent and entirely unrelated to the Journal of Islamic Political Thought (IPT). Fees are communicated solely via the official email and the journal’s office. This journal evaluates submissions exclusively based on their academic quality. For instructions on manuscript preparation, please refer to the “Author Guidelines” menu.

Upon submitting your manuscript, you are required to download the Commitment Form (Click here) and the Conflict of Interest Form (Click here) from the journal’s online system and upload them in PDF or JPG format via the same portal. To proceed with the publication of an accepted manuscript, authors must upload the Copyright Transfer Form in the journal’s system during the final approval stage of the print-ready file, in the specified formats mentioned above.

Peer Review Policy:

The Journal of Islamic Political Thought (IPT) employs a double-blind peer review process.

GOLD OA:

The Journal of Islamic Political Thought (IPT) operates under the Gold Open Access model.

Ethics and Integrity:

This journal adheres to the ethical standards set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and complies with the executive regulations of the Law on Prevention and Combating Fraud in Scientific Works.

Plagiarism:

To prevent plagiarism, the Samim Noor similarity detection software is used;

Please make sure to read the author guidelines before submitting your article and complete the necessary journal forms (commitment form and conflict of interest form);

Authors are required to translate articles submitted in Persian into English after the reviewers' approval;

ORCID IDs and university/organizational emails are mandatory for article authors.  Therefore, authors are requested to obtain these before submitting their articles to the journal.

Current Issue: Volume 13, Issue 2 - Serial Number 30, Summer 2026 

 

Title

Islamic Political Thought

Abbreviated title

IPT

Country of Publication

Iran

Publisher

Imam Sadiq University

Type of Journal

Academic/Scholarly

First Publication

2014

Frequency

Quarterly

Language

 English

Number of Volumes

13

Number of Issues

30

Number of Articles

166

Acceptance Rate

30%

Initial Review Time

7 days

Medium Review time

3 months

Indexing and Abstracting Numbers

5

Publication Charges

No

Type of Access

 

Open Access (OA)

 

Review Process

Double blind peer review

Plagiarism Screening

searchenginereports

iThenticate

Samim Noor

Digital Identification System

DOI & DOR 

Keywords Cloud