About the Journal

The Journal of Astronomy and Sharia Applications (JASA) is an international, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by Islamic Research Publisher, Indonesia. JASA positions astronomy as its primary scientific discipline, while sharia, Islamic law, and Islamic religious practices constitute distinctive domains of application and interdisciplinary inquiry.

The journal publishes original research, applied studies, methodological contributions, and interdisciplinary scholarship in crescent visibility, Hijri calendar studies, prayer times, qibla determination, eclipses, astronomical observation and instrumentation, computational astronomy, geospatial astronomy, atmospheric and environmental astronomy, and the application of astronomical evidence in Islamic legal and religious contexts.

Published biannually, JASA is committed to scientific rigor, methodological transparency, research integrity, international scholarly collaboration, and the advancement of globally relevant research in astronomy and sharia applications.

Journal Highlights

Call for Papers

The Journal of Astronomy and Sharia Applications (JASA) invites scholars, researchers, and academics worldwide to submit original and innovative manuscripts for forthcoming issues.

JASA particularly welcomes studies that demonstrate clear astronomical significance, methodological rigor, interdisciplinary relevance, and meaningful contributions to astronomy and its applications in sharia, Islamic law, and Islamic religious practices.

Authors should carefully review the Author Guidelines and prepare manuscripts using the official Article Template.

Call for Editors and Reviewers

JASA invites qualified academics, researchers, and scholars from around the world to contribute to the journal as Editors or Reviewers.

The journal welcomes experts in astronomy, Islamic astronomy, Hijri calendar studies, crescent visibility, prayer-time determination, qibla direction, astronomical observation and instrumentation, computational astronomy, geospatial studies, atmospheric and environmental astronomy, sharia, Islamic law, and related interdisciplinary fields.

Editors and reviewers contribute to maintaining scientific quality, methodological rigor, research integrity, and the international development of JASA.

Abstracting and Indexing

The Journal of Astronomy and Sharia Applications (JASA) is continuously developing its scholarly visibility, discoverability, metadata dissemination, and integration with national and international academic databases and research discovery services.

JASA is currently discoverable through selected scholarly platforms, while we are working with additional indexing and research information services to complete registration, metadata integration, evaluation, and database inclusion. Indexing status is updated following official confirmation from the relevant service.

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