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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring the stock market development and sustainable development nexus: insights from emerging market economies	38
Dynamic spillover and connectedness between Fintech and Islamic banking markets: evidence from country-level data with portfolio implications	35
Are Muslim CEOs pursuing intangible value creation over profitability? International evidence	28
US sanctions, workforce dynamics, and corporate entrepreneurship: evidence from Iran	26
Financial governance, religious oversight and the value of cash holdings: evidence from Islamic and conventional banks	25
Hospitality management in times of crisis: a corporate social responsibility perspective	21
Exploring the greenium in the green Sukuk universe: evidence from the primary market	20
The impact of financial management practices on accountability of Islamic social enterprise (ISE)	19
Cash holdings and firm performance: empirical analysis from Shariah-compliant and conventional corporations	19
Political risk and portfolio performance: implications for Shariah-compliant investors	18
Profit- and loss-sharing partnership: the case of the two-tier mudharaba in Islamic banking	17
Guest editorial: Islamic finance in South Asia	17
The effect of corporate strategic change on auditors’ predictions of going-concern opinions: the influence of crisis caused by the pandemic	17
Equity financing and Islamic bank stability: evidence from Malaysia and Indonesia	16
Between faith and vice: dynamic spillovers across Shariah-compliant and sin stocks	16
Ottoman cash waqfs as early non-bank financial institutions: balance-sheet evidence and implications for financial inclusion	15
Economical rights versus God’s rights: criticising of the implementation Shariah economic in Indonesia	14
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
IPO valuation in an emerging market – a study in Iran	13
Determinants of gross international reserves in the case of the Maldives	13
An analysis of extreme risk spillover effects and their determinants between AI-related assets and Islamic banking indices	13
Islamic and conventional bank deposits: what drives Islamic deposit movement? A trade-off between religiosity and rationality	13
Linking halal certificate and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMES) performance in Indonesia	13
Development of a comprehensive sustainability performance index for takaful operators: integrating Maqasid Al-Shariah and stakeholder perspectives	12

Capital structure and earnings management: evidence from Saudi Arabia	12
Shari’ah governance and transparency: evidence from stock price synchronicity of Islamic banks	12
Islamic banking finance and private sector investment in dual banking systems: the impact of institutional quality	12
Assessing the impact of external determinants on the social performance of Islamic banks	12
Work ethic, cultural impact and perceived performance – innovative insights from three countries	11
Factors affecting financial engineering and product development in Islamic Financial Institutions	11
Zakat payment from cryptocurrencies and crypto assets	11
Oil price uncertainty and its impact on corporate decisions: an analysis of an oil-exporting economy	10
The sustainability and performance of Bank Wakaf Mikro: waqf-based microfinance in Indonesia	10
The impact of corporate governance on bank risk-taking: evidence from an emerging market	10
Revisiting Zakat with a distribution of weighted Shapley value	10
Designing waqf-based financing model for livestock project: empirical evidence from Indonesia	9
Beyond Sharpe ratio: comparison of risk-adjusted performance of Shariah-compliant and conventional indices	9
Monetary transmissions mechanism for Islamic capital markets: evidence from Markov switching dynamic regression approach	9
How do stock markets react to dividend announcements during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from the GCC markets	9
Noninterest equality or noninterest finance? Evidence from time-varying networks	9
Exploring financial inclusion in MENA countries: an entropy weight approach	9
Editorial: Artificial intelligence and machine learning in Islamic, middle eastern finance, and management	9
A comparative analysis of green sukuk and green bonds	9
The dynamic effect of participation ındex on the stable firm dynamics: evidence from non-financial firms from Türkiye	9
Unveiling the quantile connectedness between cryptocurrency market and Shari’ah-based sustainability indices	9
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
Digital economy prosperity analysis based on the Grey–Markov model: empirical evidence from MENA region	8
Exploring the dynamics of bank liquidity holding in Islamic and conventional banks	8
ESG activities and bank performance with the moderating influence of competition and regulatory quality: a study in the organization of Islamic countries	8
Examining preference shares from the Shari’ah perspective: a systematic literature review	8
Rethinking governance: the nexus between non-financial and financial performance for GCC countries	8
Connectedness analysis of price return index among Malaysian economic sectors	8
RETRACTED: Exploring the moderating role of religious orientation on Islamic Fintech adoption	8
Intellectual capital disclosure (ICD) in Islamic banks: does the diversity of Shariah committee matters?	8
An analysis of spatial effects of terrorism on stock market returns in the Middle East countries	8
Financial analysts’ personal values, perceived behavioural risk and investment decisions in evaluating CSR	7
Revisiting the impact of Islamic finance on economic growth: a decomposition analysis using Indonesia as a testing ground	7
Interplay of financial market performance, macroeconomic indicators and business sentiment: a comprehensive study of the Turkish economy	7
Strategies implementing cash waqf system for Baitul Maal wat Tamwil to improve its commercial and social activities	7
Harmonizing Maqasid al-Shari’ah with sustainable waste management practices: a conceptual framework for principles and implementation	7
Capitalism in modern ignorance (jahilliyah): exploring Islamic alternatives to reshape human behaviour and provide solutions for the 21st century	7
A proposed model for Zakah on financial instruments: accounting approach	7
Cash waqf engagement among Malaysian millennials: the digitization of generosity	7
Bridging faith and future: the role of Islamic finance in driving environmental sustainability in OIC economies	7
Macroeconomics implication of central bank digital currency: case of Indonesia	6
Banking system stability in the MENA region: the impact of market power and capital requirements on banks’ risk-taking behavior	6
Developing a sustainability framework for Islamic banking: a Maqashid Shariah quadruple bottom line approach	6
The new legalities of Islamic contractual interpretation: institutional frameworks and the displacement of intention	6
The impact of capital structure and economic uncertainty on banks performance in the MENA region: do Islamic banks differ from conventional?	6
Does time orientation improve Islamic cultural finance	6
Do you want my loyalty? Then understand what drives my trust – a conventional and Islamic banking perspective	6
Are donor funds used effectively? An examination of Islamic and conventional microfinance institutions	6
Short-term predictability of Islamic stocks following price shocks: evidence from four emerging markets	5

Creditworthiness pattern prediction and detection for GCC Islamic banks using machine learning techniques	5
The drivers of liquidity risk in the GCC dual banking sector: the impact of the bank’s business model	5
Shaping the future: board communication, credit risk and blockchain technology evolution in banking industries – evidence from Bangladesh	5
Corporate risk-taking, financial constraints and cash holdings: evidence from Saudi Arabia	5
Aligning Islamic ethical finance and ESG in China’s green investment strategy in the Middle East	5
Does the conventional money market overnight rate influence the investment rate of Islamic deposits? Evidence from Malaysia	5
Impact of capital inflows on bank profitability: a comparative analysis of dual banking systems	5
An insight into the signaling role of Sharia status: a case from an emerging IPO market	5
Should oil-based economies implement taxes? Evidence from the United Arab Emirates	5
Factors influencing zakat payment among Ethiopian Muslims: a PLS-SEM analysis	5
A proposed zakat model for digital assets from the Shariah perspective	4
The impact of climate change on financial stability: evidence from Maldives	4
Investigating similarities between Islamic and conventional banks in GCC countries: a dynamic time warping approach	4
Antecedents of Islamic welfare: productivity, education, and the financial aspect	4
Optimal net interest margin and bank stability in emerging markets: evidence from dual banking Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic – a game theory perspective	4
Islamic approach to corporate social responsibility: an international model for Islamic banks	4
Investigating the role of Fintech innovations and green finance toward sustainable economic development: a bibliometric analysis	4
The integration of Maqasid Shariah in evaluating stablecoins and traditional cryptocurrencies for Islamic portfolios diversification	4
Is Shariah compliance a buffer against market shocks?	4
Fiscal policy, natural resources and Islamic finance on green growth in OIC countries: the moderating role of institutional quality	4
Shariah capabilities and value propositions of Islamic banking	4
An empirical analysis of the dynamic impact of DeFi on GCC foreign exchange forward markets: portfolio implication	4
Evaluating the technical efficiency of Saudi Arabian telecommunications companies using window DEA and AHP techniques	4
Corporate governance, national culture and bank performance: evidence from MENA countries	4
Bank-specific factors, market conditions and the riskiness of Islamic and conventional banks: evidence from recent quantile approaches	4
The heterogeneous effect of leverage on firm performance: a quantile regression analysis	4
Integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles with Maqasid al-Shariah: a blueprint for sustainable takaful operations	3
Islamic banking in Bangladesh: a literature review and future research agenda	3
Revisiting poverty alleviation in Muslim economies: the impact of zakat and Islamic human development	3
Stock market effects of military conflicts on defence industry	3
The effect of corporate governance on financial fragility in non-financial companies: a Minskyian approach	3
Covid-19 and informational efficiency in Asian emerging markets: a comparative study of conventional and Shariah-compliant stocks	3
The impact of inflation on bank stability: evidence from the MENA banks	3
Heterogeneous stock market impact of Russia–Ukraine War for oil and gas companies	3
Social influence or religiosity? New factors determining the adoption of Paytech services in Islamic countries	3
Rethinking financial deepening in Islamic countries: political system and economic growth	3
COVID-19 and operating performance: evidence from Shariah-compliant and non-compliant firms	3
The determinants of donors’ behavior toward Islamic charities: a phenomenological inquiry	3
Mapping an Islamic venture capital setup using foresight-based social construction approach	3
Economic and political factors on herding in Islamic GCC stock markets during COVID-19 pandemic	3
Retraction notice: Evaluation of the Islamic interbank benchmark rate	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
The application of hibah al-ʿumra in disbursement of family Takāful benefits: an exploratory study	3
The role of Islamic FinTech in digital financial inclusion and sustainable development post covid-19: cross-country analysis	3
Fiscal support and the impacts of tumbling oil prices from COVID-19 on MENA’s economy, energy consumption and environment	3
Diversification and performance of microfinance institutions: does Islamic microfinance model matter?	3
Climate risk and bank liquidity creation in MENA region: a dual threshold–quantile approach	3
Performance of shariah-compliant and non-shariah-compliant ETFs: a comparative study	3
The national-level potential of Zakat and its integration into the fiscal framework: sector-specific insights from the economy of Bangladesh	3
Theorizing Islamic entrepreneurship from an Islamic governance perspective	2
When to standardize and when to adapt: understanding the effects of Islamic prescriptions on strategic choice-making of multinational enterprises	2
The effects of foreign currency exposure and Sharī’ah-compliant status on financial hedging strategy	2
Perceptions of capital budgeting and political risk among small- and medium-sized enterprises: evidence from Lebanon	2
An aspirational hope of a Sharīʿah-based microfinance model to alleviate extreme poverty	2
Corporate responses to boycott movements: impact on accounting and financial performance in the Middle East	2
Creating a religious identity and impression management by Islamic banks	2
Predicting the intention to use Paytech services by Islamic banking users	2
Ethical banking behavior among millennials and Gen-Z in Malaysia	2
An analysis of Islamic financing access in Nigeria: perspectives of MSME owners	2
Do economic uncertainty and political risk steer CDS dynamics? An analysis of the Türkiye CDS	2
Sukuk-based multi-dimensional financing for urban village renewal in China: advancing risk-sharing and inclusive housing models	2
Sharia Supervisory Board accounting background, cross-membership, and cost of equity capital: evidence from worldwide Islamic banking	2
Climate change and economic growth: evidence from a growth at risk model of Indonesia	2
Contingent convertible Ijara pricing model	2
Plenty of natural resources, institutional quality, and sustainable total factors of production: the moderating role of green Islamic finance	2
Editorial: Finance, management, and society in an era of transformation: a research agenda for the future	2
Examining the demand side factors of green banking adoption – a study exploring the case of Oman	2
Evolution of trust in hawala networks – business relationships analysis from inception to maturity	2
Re-examining money, debt and Islamic banking in the USA	2
Islamic microfinance services: a catalyst for poverty reduction in eastern Ethiopia	2
The contribution of Shariah-Compliant products to SDGs attending through the pace of economic growth: an empirical evidence from Pakistan	2
Regime specific spillover between Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index, Islamic gold-backed crypto currencies and the blockchain halal index	2