About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Kompetensi: Jurnal Pendidikan dan pembelajaran is open access and peer-reviewed journal which provides a forum for publishing research or review articles related to researches in instruction, learning and teaching, curriculum development, learning environment, teacher education, educational technology, Islamic education management, Islamic education, early childhood education and educational development. The major criteria in the review and the selection process concern the significance of the contribution to the area of learning and instruction.

Peer Review Process

Jurnal Kompetensi uses a double-blind review policy, in which the identity of both author(s)' and the reviewer(s)' is kept hidden until the submitted article is published.

Each submitted article is reviewed on the following basis:

  1. The originality of its contribution to the field of scholarly publishing;
  2. The soundness of its theory and methodology gave the topic;
  3. The coherence of its analysis;
  4. Its ability to communicate to readers (grammar and style); and
  5. The writing format matched the journal's submission guide.

The normal turn-around time for screening and evaluating manuscripts is 4 - 8 weeks from the date of submission.

Publication Frequency

Kompetensi is a peer-reviewed Education journal published by Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh two times a year in April and September.

Open Access Policy

Jurnal Kompetensi is an open-access journal. Since its online availability in 2012, the journal provides immediate OPEN ACCESS (FREE ACCESS) to all of its published content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Article Processing Charge

Every article submitted to Jurnal Kompetensi will not have any 'Article Processing Charges'. This includes submitting, peer-reviewing, editing, publishing, maintaining, and archiving, and allows immediate access to the full-text versions of the article.

Screening for Plagiarism

All articles submitted to Jurnal Kompetensi are subject to a plagiarism check. the article that does not meet the maximum 35% inspection threshold requirement will be returned to authors for further editing are will be rejected immediately.

Journal History

Jurnal Kompetensi, with ISSN: 0216-3390, was first published in 2012 by the Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Keguruan UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh and since then regularly published twice (2x) annually in March and September. Starting from March 2012 until now, Jurnal Kompetensi has been published online.