The Journal of Islamic Economics will attempt to focus on two major areas while keeping an open mind toward other areas. First, it considers reforming orthodoxy by redefining its building blocks in all fields of economics, especially those fields which have been questioned in methodology, analysis, and conclusions. Such reform would require a solid critique of the received doctrine as well as an acceptable alternative construction. Second, it aims to propose reforming the dominant version of market capitalism to favour a more effective and practical approach to reaching common socioeconomic goals.
While Islamic economics is the main theme, a critique of and alternative approaches to economic analysis are sought after. The use of rational thinking in research is a must. Deduction and induction are therefore maintained in the traditions of Ibn Rushd. In this context, Islamic economists should leave the derivation of rules related to Islamic economics to Islamic jurists and approach the economic issues from an analytical point of view. This should start with a reasonable rejection of the existing Neoclassical economic theories and continue with the presentation of a new theoretical framework with a methodology suitable for the Islamic economic theory and the construction of an institutional structure. Both takhliah, or ushering away the mistaken analysis, and tahliah, or ushering in the more solid analysis are invited to enrich a new school of thought. The journal is open to high-calibre research related to this scope.
Subject Category
Journal mainly focuses on the following areas: Islamic Economics, Islamic / Participation Banking, Islamic Financial Markets, Shariah Governance, Takaful, Accounting, Business Administration and Management, Islamic Asset Management, Islamic Financial Institutions, Islamic Crowdfunding, Islamic Microfinance Institutions, Islamic Economic Thought, Islamic Economic History, Institutional Zakat, and Waqf.
Keywords
Islamic Economics, Economics, History of Economic Thought, Heterodox Approaches, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Labor Economics, Industrial Relations, Development Economics, Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics, Economic Systems, International Economics, Business Economics, Econometrics, Financial Econometrics, Financial Economics, Finance, Islamic Microfinance, Microfinance, Islamic Finance, Banking, Islamic Banking, Insurance, Takaful (Islamic Insurance), Crowdfunding, Islamic Crowdfunding, Corporate Governance, Shariah Governance, Public Finance, Accounting, Urban-Rural Economics, Regional Economics, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics Islamic Financial Markets, Business Administration and Management, Islamic Asset Management, Islamic Financial Institutions, and Institutional Zakat and Waqf.
Manuscript Layout: General
Author(s) must pay attention to the following journal rules while he (they) submits an article to the Journal of Islamic Economics. If the article does not comply with the following rules or the section editor detects some breaches, the article is returned to the author without being sent to the referees and is requested to be framed by the following rules.
Authors must include:
• Article must be submitted only in Word version.
• The full title should not exceed 100 characters, and the abstract should be between 200-250 words. For Arabic and French articles, authors should include a title and summary in either Turkish or English.
• A list of keywords (each word no more than 50 characters) indicating the contents of the article.
• The relevant JEL classification number(s) should be placed under the list of keywords.
• Affiliation, email address, and ORCID id of the author(s) must be placed at the bottom of the first page as a footnote before the acknowledgments.
• Please use American English language and 1.15 line spacing throughout the manuscript.
• Use consecutive Arabic numerals in sections (such as 1, 2, 3); Papers should not include headers, footers, and page numbers.
• If an article is written in Turkish, French, or Arabic language, the author(s) must include a title and abstract in English as well. Besides, It is strongly advised that the length of the article should not exceed 9000 words, including references and footnotes.
Margins
• Paper Size: A4
• Top : 2.5 cm
• Bottom: 2.5 cm
• Left : 2.5 cm
• Right : 2.5 cm
• Gutter : 0”
• Gutter Position: Left
Title Page
• Paper title 14pt, bold and centered
• The first letter of all words must be capitalized
Author’s Name on the Title Page
• First letter of name and surname are capital, e.g. Burak Çıkıryel
• Centered
• Author’s info (title, affiliation, email address ve Orcid number) in the footnote on the title page, left aligned and 10pt
Abstract, Keywords, Jel Codes, and the Main Text of the Paper
• Main Text of the Paper: Palatino Linotype font, 11pt, justified
• Paragraph spacing: before and after 6pt, line spacing: 1,15
• Abstract, keywords, jel codes:
• Palatino Linotype font, 10pt, justified
• Paragraph spacing: before and after 6pt, line spacing: 1,15
Heading
• Left aligned, title case, numbered (excluding introduction, results, and references), bold
• Main headings and subheadings must be numbered as follows: 1, 1.1, 1.1.1,…
Table, figure, graph, exhibit, or chart: e.g., Table 1: Style Guide for Authors
• Numbered
• Names should be placed above the table, graph, or figure, and sources (if any) should be written at the bottom.
• Bold, e.g., Graph 1:
• Title case
Tables
Statistical tables should be clear-headed, and the reader should be able to understand the meaning of each row or column without searching in the text for explanations of symbols, etc. Units of measurement, base dates for index numbers, geographical areas covered, and sources should be clearly stated. The authors are fully responsible for the accuracy of the data and for checking their proofs. Whenever the authors feel that the reader would have difficulty testing the derivation of their statistics, they should provide supplementary notes on the methods used.
• Ensure that tables are large enough to be clearly readable on an A4 page.
• Use consecutive Arabic numerals (such as 1, 2, 3).
• Use short titles with initial capitals.
• Do not use vertical lines or shading.
• Do not use more than ten columns per table.
Diagrams and figures
Diagrams and figures should be clearly drawn and accompanied by the basic statistics that were required for their preparation, the axes must be clearly labeled, and the reader must be able to understand the diagrams and figures without searching in the text for explanations. We reserve the right to request the worksheets used to produce all tables and figures.
• Ensure that diagrams and figures are large enough to be clearly readable on an A4 page.
• Use consecutive Arabic numerals (such as 1, 2, 3).
• Use just a few round numbers in the axes.
• Diagrams and figures should be high-resolution.
• Diagram and figure legends must be clearly readable in black and white.
Mathematics
The mathematical derivations necessary for justifying each step of the argument should accompany all articles with mathematical arguments.
Please do not use smaller fonts in complex expressions, except for superscripts and subscripts.
• Numbers less than 1 but greater than -1 must have 0 before the decimal point.
• All equations to which the text refers should be numbered consecutively (1) and (2) on the right-hand side of the page. Equations included within the main bulk of text should, where possible, be kept on one line. If equations contain fractions, a slash “/” (solidus) should be used and the numerator and denominator should be enclosed with parentheses.
• Algebra should include punctuation.
• Percent should appear in the text as %.
• Algebra should have bold capitals for matrices, bold lowercase for vectors, and italic lowercase for scalars.
• Transposition is denoted by a prime (A’).
• Fractions that are too complex to be kept within the text should be presented on a separate line.
• Assumptions, corollaries, definitions, lemmata, propositions, and theorems should each be consecutively numbered 1,2,3, etc. Each category should follow only from other numbers in that category (i.e., PROPOSITION 1, THEOREM 1, PROPOSITION 2, COROLLARY 1, THEOREM 2, PROPOSITION 3). Titles should be in small capitals, with the text following in italics. Algebra that does not follow the journal style will be queried during production.
Typesetting instructions should be provided in cases where ambiguities may arise. If there is a reason why the journal style may confuse the content of the article, authors are asked to add a note to the beginning of the text to explain why.
Footnotes
• Footnotes should be kept to a minimum.
• Use consecutive superscript Arabic numerals.q
• Footnotes should appear after punctuation.
Acronyms
• First reference: Journal of Islamic Economics (JIE)
• Subsequent references: JIE
Quotations
• Short quotations ‘should be in single inverted commas with citation and page reference.’
• Long quotations should be separated from the main text, starting on a new line without line space before and after. A citation should be included immediately under the quotation to the right.
Appendices
• Appendices should be designated A, B, C as required.
• Second level headings: A.1., A.2., B.1., etc.
• Tables and figures labeled as A1, A2, B1, B2, etc.
• Equations labeled as (A.1), (A.2), (B.1), etc.
References
References should start on a new page and must be
• Carefully checked and completed in respect of the year and the place of publication.
• A bibliographical list must be given following the “American Psychological Association (APA) 6th edition” style.
• Given in alphabetical order, then chronological order for each author.
Publication of research that involve human subjects (i.e., surveys and interviews)
Journal of Islamic Economics adopts the "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers" of the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE) in order to create ethical assurance in scientific periodicals. In this context, the following points should be followed in the manuscripts submitted to the journal:
1) For research conducted in all branches of science that requires ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval should be obtained, this approval should be stated and documented in the article.
2) In research that requires ethics committee permission, information about the permission (name of the committee, date, and number) is in the method section, and also on one of the first/last pages of the article; In case of reports, information about signing the informed consent/consent form should be included in the article.
Editorial oversight and processing concerning special issues
A special issue can be published in the journal once a year upon the request of the Editorial Board. Manuscripts sent for inclusion in a special issue are first subjected to editorial review. Then it is examined in terms of compliance with the writing rules of the journal and similarity is scanned to prevent plagiarism. After these stages, it is taken into the peer review process in which the double-blind model is used.
All expenses of the Journal of Islamic Economics are covered by the publisher. The publication of articles and the article evaluation processes in the journal are free of charge. No processing fee or submission fee is charged under any name for articles submitted to the journal or accepted for publication.
Journal of Islamic Economics is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY NC).