The Journal of Visionary Sharia Economy (JOVISHE) welcomes original and methodologically rigorous manuscripts that advance knowledge within its stated Focus and Scope. The journal considers empirical, evidence-synthesis, theoretical, and applied research. Manuscripts are classified according to their primary scholarly contribution, rather than the use of a particular technique or research design.

1. Manuscript Categories

The following four categories are considered for publication, subject to editorial screening and peer review.

The structures above indicate the principal components expected for each category; section headings may be adapted when justified by the study design and the official journal template.

2. Standards Applicable to All Manuscript Types

3. Additional Requirements by Manuscript Type

Review studies: Systematic and scoping reviews should report search sources and dates, search strings or strategies, eligibility criteria, selection procedures, and synthesis methods; a study-selection diagram and established reporting guidance (such as PRISMA, where appropriate) are encouraged. Bibliometric manuscripts should identify the database, search strategy, record-cleaning procedures, software, and analytical indicators. A narrative discussion of sources without critical synthesis is insufficient.

Conceptual studies: The manuscript should present an explicit analytical procedure, defend its assumptions, engage fairly with competing perspectives, and generate a distinguishable theoretical contribution rather than merely summarising familiar concepts or religious-economic doctrines.

Applied and design-based studies: Descriptions of software features, screenshots, and implementation steps alone are insufficient. Authors should specify the economic or institutional problem, explain the design rationale, document evaluation with relevant users or performance indicators where applicable, and establish the contribution to digital entrepreneurship, enterprise development, Islamic finance, or other in-scope outcomes.

Policy-oriented empirical studies: Policy evaluation, institutional analysis, and regulatory studies may be submitted under Original Research or Conceptual and Theoretical Articles, depending on whether the principal contribution is original empirical evidence or a new analytical argument.

4. Manuscripts Normally Outside the Journal's Scope

JOVISHE does not ordinarily consider:

• Manuscripts outside the journal's thematic and disciplinary scope or without a substantive economic contribution.
• Unsubstantiated opinion pieces, promotional writing, journalistic reports, or descriptive compilations without scholarly analysis.
• Technical system-development reports that present an application or prototype without a credible research design and evaluation.
• Literature summaries lacking transparent source selection, critical integration, or an identifiable scholarly contribution.
• Substantially redundant, previously published, simultaneously submitted, plagiarised, or otherwise ethically non-compliant work.

5. Editorial Classification and Peer Review

Authors should identify the most suitable manuscript category at submission. The Editorial Board may recommend reclassification during preliminary screening, without prejudging the editorial outcome. All scholarly manuscript categories listed above are subject to editorial assessment and the journal's established double-anonymous peer-review process, normally involving at least two qualified reviewers. Acceptance is based on relevance, originality, methodological quality, ethical compliance, and contribution to scholarship; no manuscript type is guaranteed acceptance.

All manuscript categories must comply with the same publication-ethics, authorship, conflict-of-interest, and originality requirements. Any future non-peer-reviewed content must be clearly labelled and governed by a separately disclosed editorial policy.

Related information: Focus and Scope  |  Author Guidelines.