Includes critical studies of transmission chains and texts (naqd al-isnad wa al-matn), digital takhrij, hadith hermeneutics, history of codification (tadwin), thoughts of classical and contemporary hadith scholars, and studies of primary hadith books.

Contextual dialogue of Prophetic Hadith texts with modern scientific disciplines, such as the integration of science and technology, ecological ethics and environmental crises, public health sciences, civilizational architecture, sharia economics, and Islamic legal studies.

Field studies based on the sociology and anthropology of religion regarding societal reception, textual practice applications, oral traditions, ritualistic reading phenomena, and the formation of hadith-based Islamic culture in the Archipelago and the world.

Exploration of transmission and contestation of hadith understanding in digital public spaces, social media, artificial intelligence (AI)-based religious applications, and the development of modern hadith database software.

JHI accepts research based on in-depth literature reviews utilizing philological analysis, textual hermeneutics, sanad/matan takhrij methodologies, and structural linguistic correlation studies of Hadith using both classical approaches and modern linguistic theories.

Field data-based research capturing the real practices of society (living hadith). Utilizing observational instruments, in-depth interviews, and ethnography to map how hadith texts are interpreted and practiced in everyday life.

JHI encourages scientific articles based on modern computational advancements, such as data mining explorations on Hadith manuscripts, the utilization of corpus analysis tools, mapping transmission networks using graph theory, and ethical studies on AI utilization in religious research.

Authors, editors, and reviewers are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest—whether financial, academic, personal, or institutional—that could affect the objectivity of the manuscript evaluation. If a conflict of interest is found, the editor or reviewer must recuse themselves from handling the manuscript.

If substantial errors are discovered post-publication or severe ethical violations (such as mass plagiarism or data fabrication) are proven, the JHI Editorial Team reserves the right to issue an official Notice of Retraction or Erratum document according to COPE Flowcharts guidelines to safeguard the purity of the academic record.

JHI fully adopts the publishing ethics standards established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All parties involved in the publishing process—authors, editors, and reviewers—must uphold academic integrity, document confidentiality, freedom from conflicts of interest, and avoid all forms of fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism of scientific works.

Generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot) are strictly forbidden from being listed as an author or co-author. AI use is only permitted for language editing and grammar improvement. Authors must provide a transparent declaration statement at the end of the manuscript if AI tools were utilized during the drafting process.

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