OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Manage is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Corporate governance of state-owned enterprises in Iran: an exploratory pathology	64
The impact of financial management practices on accountability of Islamic social enterprise (ISE)	43
Hospitality management in times of crisis: a corporate social responsibility perspective	40
Investigating the role of Fintech innovations and green finance toward sustainable economic development: a bibliometric analysis	33
Designing micro-fintech models for Islamic micro financial institutions in Indonesia	26
The impact of the prospect theory value on the relationship between liquidity risk and returns	25
Capitalism in modern ignorance (jahilliyah): exploring Islamic alternatives to reshape human behaviour and provide solutions for the 21st century	25
The effect of the number of bank relationships on firm leverage: high-risk shift and the curse of mainstream banks	24
Exploring the greenium in the green Sukuk universe: evidence from the primary market	22
Structural shocks in monetary policy, exchange rates, and stock prices using SVAR in Iran	21
Connectedness analysis of price return index among Malaysian economic sectors	20
Small firm auditing using the analytical procedures (APs) in a politically challenging context	18
Ethical banking behavior among millennials and Gen-Z in Malaysia	18
Real estate and business fixed assets in the early Islamic economy from a Zakah perspective	17
Measuring burdening effect of Shariah knowledge on sales performance; does work experience matter? A multi-group analysis in the Islamic finance industry	16
Price-limit effectiveness: evidence from the Borsa Istanbul (BIST)	16
Theorizing Islamic entrepreneurship from an Islamic governance perspective	16
Antecedents of Islamic welfare: productivity, education, and the financial aspect	15
An analysis of spatial effects of terrorism on stock market returns in the Middle East countries	15
Developing a Shari’ah based FinTech Money Creation Free [SFMCF] model for Islamic banking	15
Modeling returns of sukuk and related indices with system GMM: evidence from the MENA region	14
Fiscal reform: a computable general equilibrium (CGE) analysis for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	12
The role of knowledge diffusion in evolving governance principles for Islamic banking	12
An aspirational hope of a Sharīʿah-based microfinance model to alleviate extreme poverty	11
Evaluating the technical efficiency of Saudi Arabian telecommunications companies using window DEA and AHP techniques	11

The possibility of establishing an endowment (Waqf) from the Islamic financial institutions’ provisioned funds in the United Arab Emirates	11
Exploring the stock market development and sustainable development nexus: insights from emerging market economies	10
Islamic microfinance services: a catalyst for poverty reduction in eastern Ethiopia	10
Examining preference shares from the Shari’ah perspective: a systematic literature review	10
Cash holdings and firm performance: empirical analysis from Shariah-compliant and conventional corporations	9
Contingent convertible Ijara pricing model	9
Analysis of Islamic moral principles for sustainable economic development in developing society	9
Exploring IFRS in Islamic finance: a bibliometric and coding analysis of emerging topics and perspectives	9
US sanctions, workforce dynamics, and corporate entrepreneurship: evidence from Iran	9
Explaining the role of integrated monetary banking system on transparency of interest-free institutions transactions: a case study at interest-free institutions of Iran	8
Evolution of trust in hawala networks – business relationships analysis from inception to maturity	8
The connectedness between Sukuk and conventional bond markets and the implications for investors	8
The role of Islamic social finance during Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia’s economic recovery	8
Explanation and classification of technological entrepreneurship financing policies: lessons from Iran	8
COVID-19 and GCC stock market performance: an analysis of the boon (financial stimulus package) and curse (oil price plunge) effects	8
Does diversity in top management and boards affect ESG performance? Evidence from Islamic and conventional banks in the MENA region	8
The role of Islamic social finance in societal welfare: a case study of selected IFBOs in southwest Nigeria	7
Religion vs ethics: hedge and safe haven properties of Sukuk and green bonds for stock markets pre- and during COVID-19	7
Exploring the dynamics of bank liquidity holding in Islamic and conventional banks	7
Creating a religious identity and impression management by Islamic banks	6
Unveiling WCM and firm performance relationship: evidence from Shariah compliance United Kingdom firms	6
Interconnectedness between Islamic and conventional banks: a multilayer network view	6
Investigating similarities between Islamic and conventional banks in GCC countries: a dynamic time warping approach	6
Bank-specific factors, market conditions and the riskiness of Islamic and conventional banks: evidence from recent quantile approaches	6
The heterogeneous effect of leverage on firm performance: a quantile regression analysis	6
Harmonizing Maqasid al-Shari’ah with sustainable waste management practices: a conceptual framework for principles and implementation	5
A proposed zakat model for digital assets from the Shariah perspective	5
Twelve years of research in The International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management: a bibliometric analysis	5
Islamic economics and finance instructional leadership and curriculum practices: a case study of selected public universities in Saudi Arabia	5
Islamic banking, efficiency and societal welfare: a machine-learning, agent-based study	5
Guest editorial: Islamic finance in South Asia	5
An empirical analysis of stock market participation: from an Islamic perspective	5
Interplay of financial market performance, macroeconomic indicators and business sentiment: a comprehensive study of the Turkish economy	5
Profit- and loss-sharing partnership: the case of the two-tier mudharaba in Islamic banking	5
Guest editorial: Special issue on Covid-19 pandemic crisis and Islamic finance	5
Shariah capabilities and value propositions of Islamic banking	5
Patronizing Islamic finance services by Cameroonian small and medium-sized entrepreneurs: examining the level and the role of Islamic finance awareness	5
Economic growth and sustainable development: evidence from OIC countries	5
Equity financing and Islamic bank stability: evidence from Malaysia and Indonesia	5
Push – pull – mooring determinants of non-Muslims’ withdrawal from Islamic banking: evidence from Malaysia	5
Factors influence intention of management of Shariah-compliant companies to participate in Islamic voluntary charity	5
Islamic approach to corporate social responsibility: an international model for Islamic banks	4
Effectiveness of board of directors and risk-taking: the mediating role of Shari’ah supervisory board of Bangladesh Islamic financial institutions	4
The effects of corporate disclosure on firm value and firm performance: evidence from Turkey	4
The contribution of Shariah-Compliant products to SDGs attending through the pace of economic growth: an empirical evidence from Pakistan	4
Regime specific spillover between Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index, Islamic gold-backed crypto currencies and the blockchain halal index	4
Economical rights versus God’s rights: criticising of the implementation Shariah economic in Indonesia	4
Empathy or perceived credibility? An empirical study of Muslim donating behaviour through online charitable crowdfunding in Indonesia	4
Salam financing: from common local issues to a potential international framework	4
Corporate responses to boycott movements: impact on accounting and financial performance in the Middle East	4

Are Islamic financial institutions more resilient against the COVID-19 pandemic in the GCC countries?	4
Political risk and portfolio performance: implications for Shariah-compliant investors	4
Prospects of Islamic capital market in Uzbekistan: issues and challenges	4
ESG practices and bank efficiency: new evidence from an oil-driven economy	4
Role of signaling in issuance of sukuk versus conventional bonds – an empirical analysis of the bond market in the UAE	4
A study of cash waqf contribution between millennials of Malaysia and Indonesia	3
Capital structure and earnings management: evidence from Saudi Arabia	3
Strategies implementing cash waqf system for Baitul Maal wat Tamwil to improve its commercial and social activities	3
Volatility spillover effects between oil and GCC stock markets: a wavelet-based asymmetric dynamic conditional correlation approach	3
Assessing the application of Islamic and conventional hedgings in Indonesia	3
Islamic Finance an alternative mode for short term financing – working capital management	3
Predicting the intention to use Paytech services by Islamic banking users	3
Self-determination theory and individuals’ intention to participate in donation crowdfunding	3
Security tokens, ecosystems and financial inclusion: Islamic perspectives	3
Allocation discretion, price discounts and returns in Turkish initial public offerings	3
IPO valuation in an emerging market – a study in Iran	3
The effects of bank competition, financial stability and ownership structure: evidence from the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries	3
A re-examination of socially oriented responsibility and the cost of equity: evidence from an inflationary economy	2
Lender’s position in the profit and loss sharing Islamic finance: an analytical perspective of Izutsu’s hypotheses on “Islam” and “Hilm”	2
Human governance a pathway to integrity in counteracting corruption	2
Exploring customer engagement value from relationship benefits	2
Cash waqf engagement among Malaysian millennials: the digitization of generosity	2
Revisiting the impact of Islamic finance on economic growth: a decomposition analysis using Indonesia as a testing ground	2
Financial analysts’ personal values, perceived behavioural risk and investment decisions in evaluating CSR	2
The behavioral intention of micro enterprises to use the integrated Qardhul Hasan and equity-based microenterprise development (IQEMD) model as a source of financing	2
Social influence or religiosity? New factors determining the adoption of Paytech services in Islamic countries	2
Shariah board characteristics and Islamic banks’ performance: a meta-analysis	2
A note on the relationship between COVID-19 and stock market return: evidence from South Asia	2
Determining intention to choose Islamic financial products using the attitude–social influence–self-efficacy (ASE) model: the case of Turkey	2
Islamic stock markets and COVID-19-induced shocks: simulations with global VAR approach	2
An empirical analysis of the dynamic impact of DeFi on GCC foreign exchange forward markets: portfolio implication	2
How do crowd investors prioritize evaluation criteria for equity crowdfunding? A decision support model	2
The impact of Sharia compliance on attracting investments: empirical evidence from GCC	1
Contagion risk: cases of Islamic and emerging market banks	1
Do you want my loyalty? Then understand what drives my trust – a conventional and Islamic banking perspective	1
Risk perception and cost of capital in emerging market projects using dynamic conditional correlation model	1
A proposed model for Zakah on financial instruments: accounting approach	1
Constructing Sukuk-linked Awqaf (endowment) model	1
An analysis of extreme risk spillover effects and their determinants between AI-related assets and Islamic banking indices	1
Islamic banking in Bangladesh: a literature review and future research agenda	1
The approach of Islamic economists to the prohibition of interest in the context of Böhm-Bawerk’s time preference theory of interest	1
Motives for participation in halal food standard implementation: an empirical study in Malaysian halal food industry	1
Islamic banking finance and private sector investment in dual banking systems: the impact of institutional quality	1
The impact of performance, liquidity and credit risks on banking diversification in a context of financial stress	1
Pricing risk contribution of general Takaful by spatial generalized linear mixed models at the level of tariff cells	1
The impact of Basel III regulations on solvency and credit risk-taking behavior of Islamic banks	1
The new legalities of Islamic contractual interpretation: institutional frameworks and the displacement of intention	1
The impact of Islamic banking model and Islamic financial development on bank performance: evidence from dual banking economies	1
Sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) Sukuk: lessons from Khazanah’s Sukuk Ihsan	1
Closer together or further apart? Club convergence in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries	1
Competitive strategies-performance nexus and the mediating role of enterprise risk management practices: a multi-group analysis for fully fledged Islamic banks and conventional banks with Islamic wind	1
The impact of corporate governance frameworks on Middle East and North Africa banks performance	1
Development of a comprehensive sustainability performance index for takaful operators: integrating Maqasid Al-Shariah and stakeholder perspectives	1
Empowering the elderly: a cash waqf Takaful model for enhanced provision and protection in Malaysia	1
Governance of Islamic social finance: learnings from existing literature	1
Analysis of enterprise risk management practices in Malaysianwaqfinstitutions	1
Socially responsible investment (SRI) Sukuk as a financing alternative for post COVID-19 development project	1
Factors affecting SMEs’ choice of banks in Oman: an emphasis on Islamic banks	1
Investigating beta anomaly: comparison of Shariah-compliant and conventional stocks	1
Toward the development of an Islamic banking sustainability performance index	1
Augmented reality (AR)-based sharia financial literacy system (AR-SFLS): a new approach to virtual sharia financial socialization for young learners	1
Manipulation and performance persistence: an examination of Iranian equity mutual fund performance	1
Nexus between competition, concentration and bank risk-taking in Indonesian Islamic banking	1
Do Islamic fintech lending promote microenterprises performance in Indonesia? Evidence of difference-in-difference model	1