About the Journal

Mujtahid: Journal of Islamic Legal Decision Sciences is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to redefining Islamic legal studies by shifting the focus from purely normative textual analysis to empirical, behavioral, and computational decision sciences. The journal examines how judges, regulators, arbitrators, policymakers, and legal practitioners make, evaluate, and implement legal decisions within Islamic economic and social contexts.

Mujtahid welcomes interdisciplinary research that integrates Islamic legal principles (Usul Fiqh and Maqasid al-Shariah) with modern empirical legal studies, behavioral law and economics, regulatory impact analysis, and legal technology. The journal focuses on evidence-based studies exploring dispute resolution mechanisms, Shariah compliance behavior, regulatory governance, legal design, and the digital transformation of Islamic legal systems.

The journal is strongly committed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), encouraging research that demonstrates how evidence-based Islamic legal frameworks can advance sustainable practices, equitable governance, and human well-being.

Administrative Information

• Publication Frequency: The journal is published biannually in January and July.
• Languages Accepted: The journal accepts manuscripts written in English (US)
• Publisher: The journal is published by Program Studi Hukum Ekonomi Syariah (Islamic Economic Law Department), STIS Al Wafa, Bogor, Indonesia, which carries out its business operations and is registered in this country.
• Open Access Policy: Mujtahid is a fully open-access journal. All published content is freely available to readers worldwide without charge, under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.