OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Manage is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Dynamic spillover and connectedness between Fintech and Islamic banking markets: evidence from country-level data with portfolio implications	75
US sanctions, workforce dynamics, and corporate entrepreneurship: evidence from Iran	28
Hospitality management in times of crisis: a corporate social responsibility perspective	26
Exploring the stock market development and sustainable development nexus: insights from emerging market economies	26
The impact of financial management practices on accountability of Islamic social enterprise (ISE)	22
Cash holdings and firm performance: empirical analysis from Shariah-compliant and conventional corporations	22
Are Muslim CEOs pursuing intangible value creation over profitability? International evidence	20
Equity financing and Islamic bank stability: evidence from Malaysia and Indonesia	19
Developing a Shari’ah based FinTech Money Creation Free [SFMCF] model for Islamic banking	19
Political risk and portfolio performance: implications for Shariah-compliant investors	19
Exploring the greenium in the green Sukuk universe: evidence from the primary market	19
Profit- and loss-sharing partnership: the case of the two-tier mudharaba in Islamic banking	18
Guest editorial: Islamic finance in South Asia	17
Economical rights versus God’s rights: criticising of the implementation Shariah economic in Indonesia	16
The effect of corporate strategic change on auditors’ predictions of going-concern opinions: the influence of crisis caused by the pandemic	16
Islamic and conventional bank deposits: what drives Islamic deposit movement? A trade-off between religiosity and rationality	15
Pricing risk contribution of general Takaful by spatial generalized linear mixed models at the level of tariff cells	14
Nexus between competition, concentration and bank risk-taking in Indonesian Islamic banking	13
Development of a comprehensive sustainability performance index for takaful operators: integrating Maqasid Al-Shariah and stakeholder perspectives	13
Exploring customer engagement value from relationship benefits	13
Capital structure and earnings management: evidence from Saudi Arabia	13
IPO valuation in an emerging market – a study in Iran	13
An analysis of extreme risk spillover effects and their determinants between AI-related assets and Islamic banking indices	12
Islamic banking finance and private sector investment in dual banking systems: the impact of institutional quality	12
Work ethic, cultural impact and perceived performance – innovative insights from three countries	11

Determinants of gross international reserves in the case of the Maldives	11
Zakat payment from cryptocurrencies and crypto assets	11
Linking halal certificate and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMES) performance in Indonesia	11
Assessing the impact of external determinants on the social performance of Islamic banks	10
Factors affecting financial engineering and product development in Islamic Financial Institutions	10
How do stock markets react to dividend announcements during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from the GCC markets	10
Shari’ah governance and transparency: evidence from stock price synchronicity of Islamic banks	10
Impact of Qard-al-Hasan (interest-free loan) program in reducing multidimensional poverty: an evidence from the southwest Bangladesh	10
Designing waqf-based financing model for livestock project: empirical evidence from Indonesia	10
Oil price uncertainty and its impact on corporate decisions: an analysis of an oil-exporting economy	10
Intellectual capital disclosure and financial performance nexus in Islamic and conventional banks in the GCC countries	10
Revisiting Zakat with a distribution of weighted Shapley value	10
The dynamic effect of participation ındex on the stable firm dynamics: evidence from non-financial firms from Türkiye	9
Digital economy prosperity analysis based on the Grey–Markov model: empirical evidence from MENA region	9
Asymmetric dependence structures and decoupling hypothesis: Islamic versus conventional equity indices with copula approach	9
A comparative analysis of green sukuk and green bonds	9
Intellectual capital disclosure (ICD) in Islamic banks: does the diversity of Shariah committee matters?	9
Noninterest equality or noninterest finance? Evidence from time-varying networks	9
The sustainability and performance of Bank Wakaf Mikro: waqf-based microfinance in Indonesia	9
ESG activities and bank performance with the moderating influence of competition and regulatory quality: a study in the organization of Islamic countries	8
Beyond Sharpe ratio: comparison of risk-adjusted performance of Shariah-compliant and conventional indices	8
Exploring financial inclusion in MENA countries: an entropy weight approach	8
Does climate policy uncertainty affect Asian financial markets? Evidence from a wavelet-quantile-based approach	8
Ownership structure, board characteristics, and performance of Indonesian Islamic rural banks	8
An analysis of online sadaqah acceptance among university graduates in Malaysia	8
Examining preference shares from the Shari’ah perspective: a systematic literature review	7
Monetary transmissions mechanism for Islamic capital markets: evidence from Markov switching dynamic regression approach	7
Connectedness analysis of price return index among Malaysian economic sectors	7
Exploring the moderating role of religious orientation on Islamic Fintech adoption	7
Price-limit effectiveness: evidence from the Borsa Istanbul (BIST)	7
Impacts of Sharīʿah supervision and corporate social responsibility on banks’ risk-taking behavior and profitability	7
Harmonizing Maqasid al-Shari’ah with sustainable waste management practices: a conceptual framework for principles and implementation	6
An analysis of spatial effects of terrorism on stock market returns in the Middle East countries	6
Interplay of financial market performance, macroeconomic indicators and business sentiment: a comprehensive study of the Turkish economy	6
The impact of capital structure and economic uncertainty on banks performance in the MENA region: do Islamic banks differ from conventional?	6
Allocation discretion, price discounts and returns in Turkish initial public offerings	6
Rethinking governance: the nexus between non-financial and financial performance for GCC countries	6
Capitalism in modern ignorance (jahilliyah): exploring Islamic alternatives to reshape human behaviour and provide solutions for the 21st century	6
The new legalities of Islamic contractual interpretation: institutional frameworks and the displacement of intention	6
Do you want my loyalty? Then understand what drives my trust – a conventional and Islamic banking perspective	6
Exploring the dynamics of bank liquidity holding in Islamic and conventional banks	6
Guest editorial: Special issue on Covid-19 pandemic crisis and Islamic finance	6
Financial analysts’ personal values, perceived behavioural risk and investment decisions in evaluating CSR	6
A proposed model for Zakah on financial instruments: accounting approach	6
Revisiting the impact of Islamic finance on economic growth: a decomposition analysis using Indonesia as a testing ground	5
Does time orientation improve Islamic cultural finance	5
Empirical evaluation of structure-conduct-performance paradigm as applied to the Iranian Islamic banking system	5
Corporate risk-taking, financial constraints and cash holdings: evidence from Saudi Arabia	5
Strategies implementing cash waqf system for Baitul Maal wat Tamwil to improve its commercial and social activities	5
Macroeconomics implication of central bank digital currency: case of Indonesia	5

The impact of zakat in poverty alleviation and income inequality reduction from the perspective of gender in West Java, Indonesia	5
Impact of capital inflows on bank profitability: a comparative analysis of dual banking systems	5
Cash waqf engagement among Malaysian millennials: the digitization of generosity	5
Shaping the future: board communication, credit risk and blockchain technology evolution in banking industries – evidence from Bangladesh	5
Are donor funds used effectively? An examination of Islamic and conventional microfinance institutions	5
Developing a sustainability framework for Islamic banking: a Maqashid Shariah quadruple bottom line approach	5
Banking system stability in the MENA region: the impact of market power and capital requirements on banks’ risk-taking behavior	5
Factors influencing zakat payment among Ethiopian Muslims: a PLS-SEM analysis	4
The integration of Maqasid Shariah in evaluating stablecoins and traditional cryptocurrencies for Islamic portfolios diversification	4
Does the conventional money market overnight rate influence the investment rate of Islamic deposits? Evidence from Malaysia	4
Is Shariah compliance a buffer against market shocks?	4
Corporate governance, national culture and bank performance: evidence from MENA countries	4
An insight into the signaling role of Sharia status: a case from an emerging IPO market	4
The drivers of liquidity risk in the GCC dual banking sector: the impact of the bank’s business model	4
Toward the Black–Litterman with Shariah-compliant asset pricing model: a case study on the Indonesian stock market during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Creditworthiness pattern prediction and detection for GCC Islamic banks using machine learning techniques	4
Empathy or perceived credibility? An empirical study of Muslim donating behaviour through online charitable crowdfunding in Indonesia	3
The impact of climate change on financial stability: evidence from Maldives	3
Lender’s position in the profit and loss sharing Islamic finance: an analytical perspective of Izutsu’s hypotheses on “Islam” and “Hilm”	3
Governance of Islamic social finance: learnings from existing literature	3
Predicting financial distress in non-financial sector of Pakistan using PCA and logit	3
Rethinking financial deepening in Islamic countries: political system and economic growth	3
A proposed zakat model for digital assets from the Shariah perspective	3
Evaluating the technical efficiency of Saudi Arabian telecommunications companies using window DEA and AHP techniques	3
COVID-19 and GCC stock market performance: an analysis of the boon (financial stimulus package) and curse (oil price plunge) effects	3
Antecedents of Islamic welfare: productivity, education, and the financial aspect	3
Islamic approach to corporate social responsibility: an international model for Islamic banks	3
Human governance a pathway to integrity in counteracting corruption	3
Optimal net interest margin and bank stability in emerging markets: evidence from dual banking Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic – a game theory perspective	3
Retraction notice: Evaluation of the Islamic interbank benchmark rate	3
Bank-specific factors, market conditions and the riskiness of Islamic and conventional banks: evidence from recent quantile approaches	3
Designing micro-fintech models for Islamic micro financial institutions in Indonesia	3
Explanation and classification of technological entrepreneurship financing policies: lessons from Iran	3
Shariah capabilities and value propositions of Islamic banking	3
Social influence or religiosity? New factors determining the adoption of Paytech services in Islamic countries	3
An empirical analysis of the dynamic impact of DeFi on GCC foreign exchange forward markets: portfolio implication	3
Islamic banking in Bangladesh: a literature review and future research agenda	3
Heterogeneous stock market impact of Russia–Ukraine War for oil and gas companies	3
The heterogeneous effect of leverage on firm performance: a quantile regression analysis	3
Investigating similarities between Islamic and conventional banks in GCC countries: a dynamic time warping approach	3
Investigating the role of Fintech innovations and green finance toward sustainable economic development: a bibliometric analysis	3
Performance of shariah-compliant and non-shariah-compliant ETFs: a comparative study	2
Integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles with Maqasid al-Shariah: a blueprint for sustainable takaful operations	2
Examining the demand side factors of green banking adoption – a study exploring the case of Oman	2
Regime specific spillover between Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index, Islamic gold-backed crypto currencies and the blockchain halal index	2
Islamic microfinance services: a catalyst for poverty reduction in eastern Ethiopia	2
An aspirational hope of a Sharīʿah-based microfinance model to alleviate extreme poverty	2
Editorial: Finance, management, and society in an era of transformation: a research agenda for the future	2
Covid-19 and informational efficiency in Asian emerging markets: a comparative study of conventional and Shariah-compliant stocks	2
Fiscal support and the impacts of tumbling oil prices from COVID-19 on MENA’s economy, energy consumption and environment	2
An analysis of Islamic financing access in Nigeria: perspectives of MSME owners	2
The application of hibah al-ʿumra in disbursement of family Takāful benefits: an exploratory study	2
The national-level potential of Zakat and its integration into the fiscal framework: sector-specific insights from the economy of Bangladesh	2
The effect of corporate governance on financial fragility in non-financial companies: a Minskyian approach	2
Perceptions of capital budgeting and political risk among small- and medium-sized enterprises: evidence from Lebanon	2
Predicting the intention to use Paytech services by Islamic banking users	2
Ethical banking behavior among millennials and Gen-Z in Malaysia	2
The contribution of Shariah-Compliant products to SDGs attending through the pace of economic growth: an empirical evidence from Pakistan	2
When to standardize and when to adapt: understanding the effects of Islamic prescriptions on strategic choice-making of multinational enterprises	2
Diversification and performance of microfinance institutions: does Islamic microfinance model matter?	2
Theorizing Islamic entrepreneurship from an Islamic governance perspective	2
Re-examining money, debt and Islamic banking in the USA	2
Stock market effects of military conflicts on defence industry	2
Economic and political factors on herding in Islamic GCC stock markets during COVID-19 pandemic	2
The impact of inflation on bank stability: evidence from the MENA banks	2
COVID-19 and operating performance: evidence from Shariah-compliant and non-compliant firms	2
The effects of foreign currency exposure and Sharī’ah-compliant status on financial hedging strategy	2
Corporate responses to boycott movements: impact on accounting and financial performance in the Middle East	2
Contingent convertible Ijara pricing model	2
Evolution of trust in hawala networks – business relationships analysis from inception to maturity	2
Sharia Supervisory Board accounting background, cross-membership, and cost of equity capital: evidence from worldwide Islamic banking	2
Do economic uncertainty and political risk steer CDS dynamics? An analysis of the Türkiye CDS	2
Mapping an Islamic venture capital setup using foresight-based social construction approach	2
The role of Islamic FinTech in digital financial inclusion and sustainable development post covid-19: cross-country analysis	2