Karatay Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance

The Karatay Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance seeks to advance scholarly discourse by publishing original, high-quality research in the fields of Islamic economic history, the practice and theory of Islamic economics, Islamic commercial law, Islamic finance, participation banking, as well as macroeconomics and microeconomics within an Islamic framework. The journal aims to make a meaningful contribution to the academic literature and the broader understanding of these disciplines.

The Karatay Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance, published by the Department of Islamic Economics and Finance at KTO Karatay University, is an international peer-reviewed journal issued biannually. It accepts original articles prepared in Turkish and English. The journal covers original scientific research in the field of Islamic economics and finance, encompassing critical and evaluative studies using quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods, as well as original ideas and model proposals.

Writing Rules

Writing Rules

1) General Writing Guidelines
• Prepare your work in accordance with our journal's Microsoft Word (doc.) format template. Click here to download the writing template!
• Since our journal does not charge any fees from the authors, it is the responsibility of the authors to prepare and submit their work in full compliance with the writing guide and template. The writing template includes all general text formats, page margins, paragraph formatting, table and figure formatting, and title formatting. Authors can arrange their texts by copying them directly into this file.
• KARJIEF accepts works prepared in both Turkish and English.
• Authors are legally responsible for their work. In addition, authors are considered to have accepted the open access policy and the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
The following forms, signed by all authors, must be uploaded to the DergiPark system.
Author Contribution Form
Copyright Transfer Form
Conflict of Interest Statement
• The signed version of the "Statement Form Declaring That the Article Does Not Require Ethical Committee Approval" must be filled out and uploaded to the DergiPark system if the study is not subject to any ethical approval.
• For studies requiring ethical committee approval, the signed "Ethics Statement Form" must be uploaded to the DergiPark system.
• In addition, authors should ensure that the copyright form and author contribution declaration form linked in the system are also completed and submitted.
2) Word Count Limits
• The articles, including abstract, tables, and appendices but excluding references, should be between 5,000-8,000 words.
• Turkish and English abstracts should be between 100-200 words. At the end of the abstracts, there should be 5 keywords and at least 1, but no more than 4, JEL codes.
• KARJIEF uses the intihal.net program to check the similarity rate of the works and to prevent plagiarism.
• It is mandatory for authors to upload the similarity report, obtained from intihal.net or a similar plagiarism prevention program, to the system during the submission of their work.
• If the similarity report taken via intihal.net by the journal secretariat shows a similarity rate above 20%, excluding references and matches of fewer than 5 words, the work will be rejected by the editorial board.
3) Citation System
• The APA 7 or the latest guide should be used as the citation system in the works. For references to scientific articles, if the article has a DOI number, it should be added at the end of the citation in the format: https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185
• In works submitted to our journal in English, in-text citations should be formatted as follows: if referring to a single page number (Özdemir & Aktaş, 2008, p. 107), and if referring to multiple pages from the same source (Özdemir, 2008, pp. 107-113). For works with multiple authors, the "&" symbol should be used between authors' names in both in-text citations and the reference list.
• For detailed information on special citation cases not covered by the examples below, see https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples

Books

1) Single-authored books:
Reference list: Özdemir, A. (2008). Yönetim bilimlerinde ileri araştırma yöntemleri ve uygulamalar. Beta Publishing.
In-text citation: (Özdemir, 2008, p. 107)
2) Two-authored books:
Reference list: Kara, S., & Aydemir, O. (2014). Finans Matematiği için püf noktalar (2nd Ed). ABC Publishing.
In-text citation: (Kara & Aydemir, 2014, p. 112)
3) Books with more than two authors:
Reference list: Koçyiğit, M., Tekel, E., &Karadağ, E. (2018). Eğitimde ahlâk ve etik. Nobel Publishing.
In-text citation: (Koçyiğit et al., 2018, p. 286)
4) Book chapter:
Reference list: Aktay, S. (2015). Teknoloji destekli fen bilimleri öğretimi. Ş. S. Anagün & N. Duban (Eds.), In: Fen bilimleri öğretimi (pp. 425-454). Anı Publishing.
In-text citation: (Aktay, 2015, p. 426).
5) Edited books:
Reference list: Kesharwani, P. (Ed.). (2020). Nanotechnology based approaches for tuberculosis treatment. Academic Press.
In-text citation: (Kesharwani, 2020, p. 123)
6) Book chapter in edited book:
Reference list: Arnold, P. (2020). How to cite this? D. Winter & E. Raynold (Eds.), In: Citation rules in social sciences (pp. 1023-1043). Citation Press.
In-text citation: (Arnold, 2020, p. 123)

Journal Articles

1) Single-authored journal articles:
Reference list: Aydınözü, D. (2010). Trakya’da vejetasyon devresi ve bu devredeki yağışlar. Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi, 18(1), 227-232. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185
In-text citation: (Aydınözü, 2010, p. 229)
2) Two-authored journal articles:
Reference list: Şimşek, A., & Bal, M. S. (2010). Tarih şeridi aracılığıyla öğretmen adaylarının tarihsel zaman algılarının incelenmesi. Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi Araştırmaları Dergisi, 1(1), 124-151. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185
In-text citation: (Şimşek & Bal, 2010, p. 135)
3) Multiple references of the same author within the same year:
If more than one work of the same author published in the same year is used in the article, the works are sorted as a, b, c.
Reference list: Gregory, A. W., & Hansen, B. E. (1996a). Residual-based tests for cointegration in models with regime shifts. Journal of Econometrics, 70(1), 1-26.
In-text citation: (Gregory & Hansen, 1996a, s. 22)

Reference list: Gregory, A. W., & Hansen, B. E. (1996b). Tests for cointegration in models with regime and trend shifts. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 58(3), 555–559.
In-text citation: (Gregory & Hansen, 1996b, s. 198)

Translated books:
Reference list: Gujarati, D. N., & Porter, D. C. (2018). Temel ekonometri (Ü. Şenesen & G. G. Şenesen, Trans.). Literatür Publishing.
In-text citation: (Gujarati & Porter, 2018, p. 120)
Theses and Dissertations:
Reference list: Koçyiğit, M. (2011). Üniversite öğrencilerinin nedensel yüklemeleri ve öğrenme stilleri [Unpublished master's thesis]. Afyon Kocatepe University.
In-text citation: (Koçyiğit, 2011, p. 75)
Institutional, Official, Private Publications, Reports etc.:
Reference list: Ministry of National Education. (2012). İlköğretim fen ve teknoloji ders kitabı. Devlet Kitapları Müdürlüğü.
In-text citation (First use): (Ministry of National Education [MoNE], 2012, p. 65).
In-text citation (Continuous citations): (MoNE, 2012, p. 65).
Symposium, Congress, Scientific Organization Proceedings:
Reference list: Ulu, M., & Peker, M. (2008). Sınıf öğretmeni, öğretmen adayı ve 5. Sınıf öğrencilerinin problem çözme stratejilerinin karşılaştırılması [Proceeding presentation]. 8th National Congress on Science and Mathematics Education, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu.
In-text citation: (Ulu & Peker, 2008)
Archival Documents:
The following basic citation format is used for different types of archival documents and collections:
Author Last Name, A. A. (Year, Day Month). Title of the material. [Material definition]. Collection name (Location number, Box number, Folder name or number etc.). Storage/archive name, place.
Reference list: Morocco and Tunusia Credit Institution. (1924, 29 April). Institutional credit receipt and its information (Box No. 17, Document No. 61). Turkish Red Crescent Archives, Ankara.
In-text citation: (Morocco and Tunusia Credit Institution, 1924)
Web site sources:
Reference list: Aktay, S. (2010, 10 June). How does the internet work? What is the internet? Retrieved from http://www.internetnedir.net/internet-nasil-calisir.html on 13 August 2012.
In-text citation: (Aktay, 2010)

Online News:
Reference list: Guarino, B. (2017, 4 December). How will humanity react to alien life? Psychologists have some predictions. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/04/how-will-humanity-react-to-alien-life-psychologists-have-some-predictions/
In-text citation: (Guarino, 2017)

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

General Principles
1. Articles submitted for publication in KARJIEF must not have been published or submitted for publication on any other platform.
2. Articles not in line with the journal's publication purpose are directly rejected.
3. Articles containing any legally offensive statements are directly rejected.
4. Necessary corrections suggested during the preparation stages for publication will be proposed to the author. KARJIEF reserves the right to reject the article at any stage.
5. The copyright of the submitted articles belongs to KARJIEF from the moment they are published.
6. Even if an article is accepted, it will be removed from publication if it is later found not to meet ethical standards.
Author Responsibilities
1. The submitted article must be prepared in accordance with ethical rules.
2. The originality of the submitted articles is considered to be accepted by the author or authors. Articles must not have been published on any platform, in any language, or submitted for publication on any platform.
3. Copyrighted materials used in articles will only be published with valid permission and copyright approval. The responsibility for obtaining such permissions lies with the article author.
4. The article author accepts that the rights to the tables, figures, and other materials used in the article belong to them and that appropriate citations are made in the case of quotations. Thus, any legal responsibility in the contrary case lies with the author.
5. Authors listed in the article should be limited to those who made significant contributions to the article. Authors are obliged to promptly contact the relevant editor if they notice any scientific error, even if their article has been published.
Reviewer Responsibilities
1. Reviewers evaluate incoming articles objectively, solely based on scientific content.
2. Reviewers must have no conflict of interest or competitive relationship with the authors.
3. Reviewers should decline to evaluate the article if they have contributed to the article's writing process. In this case, the article will be presented to another reviewer.
4. Reviewers must complete the article evaluation form thoroughly and in detail. If a rejection decision is made, the reason for the rejection must be explained in detail.
5. Reviewers should not seek to gain any benefit from the articles they review.
6. Reviewers must indicate publications that have not been cited in the articles. They are obliged to keep all information regarding the article confidential and to notify the editor of any plagiarism detected by the author.
7. If the reviewer believes that the submitted article does not cover their field or cannot be evaluated within the timeframe, they should inform the journal editor and withdraw from the evaluation. In this case, the article will be presented to another reviewer.