Islamic Economics in Scholarly Journals
1991-2004
Joe C. Davis
Jorge G. Gonzalez
Trinity University
Table 1. Islamic Economics: Articles, Journals, and Authors
1991-2003
Year
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Articles
16
9
18
22
42
19
45
43
25
41
37
42
61
Journals
9
6
11
11
17
12
17
20
16
27
23
28
31
Authors Authors/Articles
16
1.00
9
1.00
20
1.11
24
1.09
47
1.12
19
1.00
54
1.20
46
1.07
30
1.28
46
1.12
47
1.27
50
1.26
73
1.23
Source: Compiled by authors from EconLit, the electronic database of the Journal
of Economic Literature
Figure 1. Islamic Economics: Articles, Authors, and Journals, 1991-2003
80
70
Authors
60
50
Articles
40
30
Journals
20
10
0
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
Figure 2. Articles in Islamic Economics and Articles in All Topics, 1991-2003
(1991 = 100)
450
400
350
Islamic Economics
s
300
250
200
All Topics
150
100
50
0
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
Table 2. Articles in Islamic Economics by Subject, 1991-2004
(percent)
Subject
Islamic
Economic
General Economics and Teaching
1.6
All
EconLit
Articles*
1.3
Difference
Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology
3.4
2.3
1.1
Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
.2
4.9
-4.7
Microeconomics
4.6
8.9
-4.3
Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
3.2
7.7
-4.5
International Economics
5.4
8.2
-2.8
Financial Economics
10.3
10.2
.1
Public Economics
1.8
4.4
-2.6
Health, Education, and Welfare
1.9
4.5
-2.6
Labor and Demographic Economics
7.2
8.7
-1.5
Law and Economics
.2
1.7
-1.5
Industrial Organization
1.0
8.1
-7.1
Business Administration and Business Economics
1.4
2.7
-1.3
Economic History
3.4
1.8
1.6
Economic Dev., Tech. Change, Growth
17.3
9.2
8.1
Economic Systems
28.6
3.2
24.4
Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics
1.2
7.0
-5.8
Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
1.4
4.8
-3.4
Cultural Economics
5.8
.4
5.4
All Subjects
100
100
0
.3
Source: Compiled by authors from EconLit, the electronic database of the Journal of Economic
Literature
*Note: All EconLit articles extend through 1993 only.
Table 3. Twenty Top Subjects in Islamic Economics: 1991-2004
EconLit
Code
P430
P400
G210
Z120
O150
P410
O160
O190
O100
J160
O170
P450
J130
D740
P420
J150
F150
D720
O110
Subject
Other economic systems: finance
Other economic systems: general
Banks; other depository institutions; mortgages
Cultural economics: religion
Economic development; human resources; income dist.; migration
Other economic systems: planning, coordination and reform
Economic development; financial markets; saving and capital investment
International linkages to development; role of international organizations
Economic development: general
Economics of gender
Formal and informal sectors; shadow economy; institutional arrangements
Other economic systems: international trade, finance, investment and aid
Fertility; child care; children
Conflict; conflict resolution
Other economic systems: productive enterprises
Economics of minorities
Economic integration
Economic models of political processes
Macroeconomic analysis of economic development
Number of
Articles
38.9
31.2
25.2
18.6
16.0
12.7
12.1
10.7
9.4
9.2
7.6
7.6
6.8
5.9
5.8
5.6
5.5
5.0
4.9
Source: Compiled by authors from EconLit, the electronic database of the Journal of Economic Literature
Table 4. Twenty Top Subjects of All Articles Indexed in Journal of Economic Literature:
1991-2002
EconLit
Code
G120
G210
F310
D720
I110
F130
O150
O190
B310
G130
Q280
G320
J240
E310
O130
I120
D120
F020
Q250
Subject
Asset Pricing
Banks, Other Depository Institutions, Mortgages
Foreign Exchange
Economic Models of Political Processes
Analysis of Health Care Markets
Commercial Policy, Protection, Trade Negotiations
Economic Development: Human Resources
International Linkages to Development
History of Thought: Individuals
Contingent Pricing, Futures Pricing
Renewable Resources and Conservation
Financing Policy, Capital and Ownership Structure
Human Capital, Occupational Choice, Labor Productivity
Price Level, Inflation, Deflation
Economic Development, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment
Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality
Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
International Economic Order, Economic Integration, Globalization
Renewable Resources and Conservation
Number of
Articles
3,945
3,095
2,698
2,526
2,513
2,389
2,308
2,295
2,132
1,972
1,938
1,735
1,718
1,628
1,584
1,566
1,561
1,543
1,512
Source: Compiled by authors from EconLit, the electronic database of the Journal of Economic Literature
TI: The Islamic Commercial Crisis: Institutional Roots of Economic
Underdevelopment in the Middle East
AU: Kuran,-Timur
AF: U Southern CA, Los Angeles
SO: Journal-of-Economic-History. June 2003; 63(2): 414-46
DE: Measurement-of-Economic-Growth; Aggregate-Productivity
(O470); Other-Economic-Systems-National-Income,-Product,-andExpenditure; Money-; Inflation (P440); Islamic-; Economic-HistoryMacroeconomics; Growth-and-Fluctuations-Asia-including-Middle-East
(N150)
GE: Middle-East
AN: 0661037
Table 5. Countries and Regions of Articles in Islamic Economics,
1991-2004
Country or Region
Pakistan
Iran
Malaysia
Middle East
India
United States
Turkey
Sudan
Africa
Israel
Bangladesh
Arab Countries
China
U.K.
Egypt
S. East Asia
Ethiopia
Senegal
United Arab Emirates
Thailand
Asia
Central Asia
Morocco
Indonesia
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Belgium
Brunei
Bulgaria
Denmark
France
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
MDCs
Mediterranean
Niger
Russia
Somalia
Syria
Tanzania
Articles
31.6
28.7
22.7
14.3
10.0
8.5
5.9
5.0
4.5
4.5
3.5
3.0
3.0
3.0
2.8
2.3
2.0
2.0
2.0
1.7
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
Table 6. Journals Publishing Three or More Articles in Islamic Economics
1991-2004
Journal
Islamic Economic Studies
Pakistan Development Review
Humanomics
Journal of Economic Cooperation among Islamic Countries
IIUM Journal of Economics and Management
International Journal of Social Economics
Middle East Business and Economic Review
Annals of the American Acad. of Political and Social Science
Journal of the Social Sciences
Economy and Society
Population and Development Review
Iranian Economic Review
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics
Review of African Political Economy
Development
Foreign Affairs
Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics
Middle East Technical University Studies in Development
OPEC Review
World Development
Development and Change
History of Political Economy
International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Pakistan Economic and Social Review
Population Research and Policy Review
Review of Middle East Economics and Finance
Articles
61
38
33
33
30
17
14
12
11
8
8
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Source: Compiled by the authors from EconLit, the electronic database of the Journal of Economic
Literature.
Note: A list of all 122 journals publishing articles in Islamic Economics is available from the
authors.
Table 7. Authors Publishing Three or More Articles in Islamic Economics
1991-2004
Author
Choudhury, Masudul Alam
Anwar, Muhammad
Haque, Ziaul
Hasan, Zubair
Kuran, Timur
Akhtar, Muhammad Ramzan
Dabour, Nabil M
Bashir, Abdel Hameed M
Ghazanfar, S M
Chapra, M Umer
Wilson, Rodney
Ahmad, Rafiq
Hussain, Muhammad
Khan, Tariqullah
Ebrahim, Muhammed Shahid
Hallaq, Said
Hamour, El Waleed A
Mehanna, Rock Antoine
Naqvi, Syed Nawab Haider
Obaidullah, Mohammed
Pramanik, Ataul Huq
Sirageldin, Ismail
Toutounchian, Iraj
Ugurel, Ilhan
Articles
16.5
7.5
6.0
6.0
6.0
5.0
5.0
4.5
4.5
4.0
4.0
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.3
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
Source: Compiled by the authors from EconLit, the electronic database of the Journal of
Economic Literature.
Note: A list of all 397 authors publishing articles in Islamic Economics is available from the
authors.
Table 8. Affiliation of Authors of Journal Articles in Islamic Economics
1991-1994
Author Affiliation
International Islamic University, Malaysia
Islamic Development Bank
International Islamic University, Pakistan
SESRTCIC
University College of Cape Breton
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
King Abdulaziz University
University of Southern California
Bogazici University
Johns Hopkins University
Az-Zahra U
IMF
University of Durham
Kuwait University
Grambling State University
Australian National University
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
London School of Economics and Political Science
United Arab Emirates University
Yarmouk University
Articles
30
23.5
17
15
12.8
7
6
6
5
4.5
4
4
4
3.3
3.3
3
3
3
3
3
Source: Compiled by authors from EconLit, the electronic database of the Journal of
Economic Literature
Note: A list showing the affiliation of other authors is available from the authors.
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1991-2004
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