Journal of Islamic Ethics

Aims & Scope

This is a Diamond Open Access journal.

Articles are published in Open Access at no cost to the author.

The focus of the Journal of Islamic Ethics is on the ethical approaches embedded in Islamic philosophy, theology, mysticism and jurisprudence as well as Islamic civilization in general, and, more particularly, on the principles and methods (to be) followed in applying these approaches to various sectors of contemporary social life.

These fields include: Arts, Environment, Economics, Education, Gender, Media, Medicine, Migration & Human Rights, Politics and Psychology.

The Journal strongly focuses on thematic issues on current events as well as on individual empirical case studies.

The Journal of Islamic Ethics is a full Open Access journal sponsored by the Research Center of Islamic Legislation and Ethics in Doha (Qatar), which is affiliated to the Faculty of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Arts and Humanities, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.

• Qurʾanic Ethics and Islamic Law

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Khaled

• Islamic Psychology: Towards a 21st Century Definition and Conceptual Framework

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Carrie

• From the Plague to the Coronavirus: Islamic Ethics and Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Ayman

• What We Know about MaÊ¿rÅ«f

  Citation: 9

  Authors: A. Kevin

• Meta-ethics: A Quest for an Epistemological Basis of Morality in Classical Islamic Thought

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Mariam

• Gender Equality in the Inheritance Debate in Tunisia and the Formation of Non-Authoritarian Reasoning

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Sari, Azzam

• Decolonial Translation: Destabilizing Coloniality in Secular Translations of Islamic Law

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Lena

• Al-Ghazālī’s Virtue Ethical Theory of the Divine Names: The Theological Underpinnings of the Doctrine of Takhalluq in al-Maqá¹£ad al-Asnā

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Yousef

• Marriage in Islamic Interpretive Tradition: Revisiting the Legal and the Ethical

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Mulki

• The Journal of Islamic Ethics

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Mohammed