International Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance Studies

The Journal is dedicated to building a platform for academicians, market players and those who interested in Islamic economics and finance studies to share, discuss, evaluate and distribute their work and opinions.

International Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance Studies (IJISEF) is an international, academic, periodical and double blind peer-reviewed journal published by Centre of Political Economic and Social Research (PESA) in collaboration with Research Center for Islamic Economics and Finance (RECISEF). 

The Journal particularly focuses on topics related to:

- Islamic Economics,

- Islamic Banking,

- Islamic Financial Markets,

- Islamic Governance, 

- Fiqh Muamalat,

- Islamic Insurance (Takaful),

- Islamic Accounting,

- Islamic Business,

- Islamic Wealth Management,

- Islamic Financial Institutions,

- Islamic Economic Thought,

- History of Islamic Economics,

- Zakat and Waqf,

and other relevant topics.

1. All papers must include an abstract of no more than 200 words. If the article is written in Turkish, there should be also a title and abstract of the article in English. It is strongly advised that the length of the article should not exceed 9000 words including references and footnotes.

2. All papers must include minimum 3, maximum 6 keywords and minimum 1 JEL code. (JEL codes)

3. Referencing must follow APA Style (APA Style Sixth Edition)

4. Margins are as follows:
Paper Size: A4
• Top : 2.5 cm
• Bottom : 2.5 cm
• Left : 2.5 cm
• Right : 2.5 cm
• Gutter : 0”
• Gutter Position : Left

5. Title page:
a. Paper title 14pt, bold and centered
b. First letter of all words are capital

6. Author’s name on the title page:
a. First letter of name and surname are capital, e.g. Hakan Aslan
b. Centered
c. Author’s info (title, affiliation, email address ve Orcid number) in the footnote on the title page, left aligned and 10pt

7. Abstract, keywords, jel codes and the main text of the paper:
Main text:
a. Palatino Linotype font, 11pt, justified
b. Paragrafh spacing: before and after 6pt, line spacing: 1,15
Abstract, keywords, jel codes:
a. Palatino Linotype font, 10pt, justified
b. Paragrafh spacing: before and after 6pt, line spacing: 1,15

8. Heading
a. Left aligned, title case, numbered (excluding introduction, results and references), bold
b. Main headings and subheadings must numbered as follows: 1, 1.1, 1.1.1,…

9. Table, figure, graph, exhibit or chart: e.g. Table 1: Style Guide for Authors
a. Numbered
b. Above the table, figure, graph…
c. Bold, e.g: Graph 1:
d. Title case

10. References must be written alphabetically according to the surname of the author.

11. Illustrations, pictures and graphs, should be supplied with highest quality and in an electronic format that helps us to publish your article in the best way possible.

12. Papers should not include headers, footers and page numbers.

International Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance Studies (IJISEF) attaches importance to the Code of Ethics to protect the rights of the journal, authors and science. At this point, it is important that all parties included in the publication process (authors and researchers, reviewers and editors) comply with the ethical principles. In this framework, the ethical rules that the parties must follow are as follows:
Author’s Responsibilities:
• All authors have significantly contributed to the research,
• Statement that all data in article are real and authentic; there should be no plagiarism and fraudulent data,
• Forbidden to publish – or to send for publishing – same research in more than one journal,
• The cited sources should be written in the bibliography,
• Citations and bibliography should comply with the spelling rules,
• Similarity rate of the study should not exceed 20%,
• Academic studies should not contradict publishing ethics,
• All authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes,
• It is assumed that the authors agree to abide by these rules.

Reviewers’ Responsibilities:
• Reviewers should definitely report articles’ shortcomings and scientific contributions,
• They should not act contrary to the confidentiality of the articles,
• Judgments should be objective,
• Reviewers should have no conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders.

Editorial Responsibilities:
• Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article,
• Editors should have no conflict of interest with respect to articles they reject/accept,
• Only articles that will contribute to the field should be accepted,
• When errors are found, they should promote publication of correction or retraction,
• They should preserve anonymity of reviewers; and prevent plagiarism / fraudulent data.

For actions contrary to scientific research and publication ethics, see: “Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive, Article 4 (Yükseköğretim Kurumları Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yayın Etiği Yönergesi, Madde 4)”, http://www.uak.gov.tr/yonetmelikler/Yay%C4%B1nEti%C4%9FiY%C3%B6nergesi_140318.pdf.

Determination of the Situation Contrary to Publication Ethics
International Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance Studies (IJISEF) uses double-blind review fulfilled by at least two reviewers. In addition, all articles are checked by means of a program in order to detect of situations contrary to publication ethics.

When a reader discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in a paper published in International Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance Studies (IJISEF) or have any other complaint about editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate papers, etc.), he/she should make a complaint by e-mail to: hakanaslan@sakarya.edu.tr. We welcome complaints as they provide an opportunity for improvement, and we aim to respond quickly and constructively.

The services provided by IJISEF are free of charge. Author(s) do not need to make any payment for submission, processing and publishing their paper(s) in the IJISEF.