The first issue (Vol. 1 No. 1) of IGCJ published in January 2018 and charged Mr. Aprezo Pardodi Maba as Editor in Chief.

October 2018, The Islamic Guidance and Counseling Journal invited to participate in the Scientific Journal Accreditation Preparation Workshop by The Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia at Malahayati University, Lampung.

The Islamic Guidance and Counseling Journal start the double-blind peer-reviewed since Vol 2 No 1, January 2019.

In 2019, Islamic Guidance and Counseling Journal have added ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS STATEMENT on the Manuscript Template.

This journal charges author fees since Vol 2 No 1, January 2019. Click here

March 2019, IGCJ invited by the Ministry of Religion Affairs (MORA) of the Republic of Indonesia to attend Annual Conference on Research Proposal (ACRP) 2019.

July 2019, The accreditation assessment of Islamic Guidance and Counseling Journal through Arjuna: AKREDITASI JURNAL NASIONAL by The Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia.

August 2019, the Islamic Guidance and Counseling Journal invited by The Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia to participate in the Web of Science Selection Criteria and Evaluation Process Workshop at Novotel Samator Hotel East Surabaya, East Java.

August 2019, the IGCJ has been accredited by the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia.

September 2019, IGCJ invited by the Ministry of Religion Affairs (MORA) of the Republic of Indonesia to attend Annual Conference on Research Proposal (ACRP) 2020.

November 2019, the IGCJ recognized by the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia as a Reputable Journal.

May 2020, Editors suggested IGCJ to be indexed in Web of Science Core Collection. 

June 2020, the Islamic Guidance and Counseling participated in the International Webinar For Journal Editor (Improving Journal Toward Scopus Indexing Webinar) by the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia.

June 2020, the IGCJ indexed by Ulrich's Web and Cabell's whitelist.

November 2020, the change of Islamic Guidance and Counseling Journal FOCUS AND SCOPE.

February 2021, Editors suggested IGCJ to be indexed in Scopus.

April 2021, IGCJ accepted by Scopus for inclusion.