ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance

Aims & Scope

It is the aspiration of the editorial committee that IJIF achieves the highest rank in quality and substance.

It is thus our aim that the journal be carried in the Thompson Reuters’ ISI and Scopus databases.

By ensuring high standards in articles published in Islamic finance we ensure that further innovation and research is carried out and promoted in the Islamic finance industry and academia.

IJIF publishes 2 issues per annum.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4
2024	2.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.313

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	24

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	16240

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	214

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Financial Crisis: Risks and Lessons for Islamic Finance

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Habib

• Performance of Islamic banks

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Abdalmuttaleb

• Application of <i>waqf</i> for social and development finance

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Salman Ahmed, Abdul Ghafar, Muhammad Hakimi

• An integrated approach for building sustainable Islamic social finance ecosystems

  Citation: 51

  Authors: Ahmed

• Liquidity creation and bank performance: evidence from MENA

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Ahmad, Man

• A bibliometric analysis of quality research papers in Islamic finance: evidence from Web of Science

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Bashir, Murtaza, Nadeem, Muhammad Ajmal, Aamir

• Determinants of the intention to adopt Islamic banking in a non-Islamic developing country

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Juma, Twaha Kigongo, Musa, Irene

• Cooperative-<i>waqf</i> model: a proposal to develop idle <i>waqf</i> lands in Malaysia

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Anwar, Mohamed Asmy, Al Amin, Zubir, Abdul Rais

• A qualitative inquiry into cash<i>waqf</i>model as a source of financing for micro enterprises

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Mohamed Asmy Bin

• The Global Financial Crisis, Risk Management and Social Justice in Islamic Finance

  Citation: 31

  Authors: M. Kabir, Rasem

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