About the journal

About the journal

CIJAR is an online journal that publishes original research four times a year, starting in January 2026. It is multidisciplinary by design: a paper on Islamic jurisprudence, one on machine learning and one on classroom practice can sit in the same issue, as long as each is rigorous and original.

Every research paper is reviewed double-blind by at least two experts before the editors decide. Nothing we publish sits behind a paywall, and nobody pays to publish. Articles appear under the CC BY 4.0 licence, so readers can share and build on them, and authors keep their copyright.

Why Córdoba

The journal takes its name from Córdoba, one of the great centres of learning in the medieval world. Its libraries and schools brought together scholars of many traditions, who studied, translated and debated work in philosophy, medicine, astronomy, mathematics, law and literature side by side.

That spirit of open, cross-disciplinary exchange is what CIJAR hopes to carry forward: a single place where rigorous work from different fields can be read together.

About the publisher

CIJAR is published by Wexgrand Academic Press, the academic publishing division of Wexgrand Private Limited, a company registered in Kerala, India.

The publisher provides the journal's publishing platform, hosting and technical operations. Decisions on which manuscripts to accept are made by the editorial board alone, through peer review, and are independent of the publisher's business.

Publisher address: No. 4/461, Suite No. 1331, Valamkottil Towers, Thrikkakara, Ernakulam, Kerala – 682021, India. Website: wexgrand.com.

For the journal's full aims and the disciplines it covers, see our aims and scope pages.

How we work

Three things guide our editorial process. First, every paper is judged on its merits: reviewers don't know who the authors are, and editors don't handle papers where they have a conflict of interest. Second, integrity comes before speed: we check every submission with Turnitin and follow the UGC Regulations, 2018 on plagiarism. Third, authors deserve useful feedback: our reviewers explain their recommendations, so even a rejected paper leaves with a clearer path forward.

A first decision usually takes 4–6 weeks, and publication usually follows within 6–10 weeks of submission. The full process is described on our publication procedure page, and the rules behind it in our peer review, research integrity and editorial ethics policies.