Islamic Economics in Scholarly Journals1991-2004

Joe C. DavisJorge G. GonzalezTrinity University

Table 1. Islamic Economics: Articles, Journals, and Authors 1991-2003

Year Articles Journals Authors Authors/Articles 1991 16 9 16 1.00 1992 9 6 9 1.00 1993 18 11 20 1.11 1994 22 11 24 1.09 1995 42 17 47 1.12 1996 19 12 19 1.00 1997 45 17 54 1.20 1998 43 20 46 1.07 1999 25 16 30 1.28 2000 41 27 46 1.12 2001 37 23 47 1.27 2002 42 28 50 1.26 2003 61 31 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

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Figure 2. Articles in Islamic Economics and Articles in All Topics, 1991-2003 (1991 = 100)

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Table 2. Articles in Islamic Economics by Subject, 1991-2004 (percent)

Subject Islamic Economic

All EconLit Articles*

Difference

General Economics and Teaching 1.6 1.3 .3

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

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

Subject Number of Articles

P430 Other economic systems: finance 38.9 P400 Other economic systems: general 31.2 G210 Banks; other depository institutions; mortgages 25.2 Z120 Cultural economics: religion 18.6 O150 Economic development; human resources; income dist.; migration 16.0 P410 Other economic systems: planning, coordination and reform 12.7 O160 Economic development; financial markets; saving and capital investment 12.1 O190 International linkages to development; role of international organizations 10.7 O100 Economic development: general 9.4 J160 Economics of gender 9.2 O170 Formal and informal sectors; shadow economy; institutional arrangements 7.6 P450 Other economic systems: international trade, finance, investment and aid 7.6 J130 Fertility; child care; children 6.8 D740 Conflict; conflict resolution 5.9 P420 Other economic systems: productive enterprises 5.8 J150 Economics of minorities 5.6 F150 Economic integration 5.5 D720 Economic models of political processes 5.0 O110 Macroeconomic analysis of economic development 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

Subject Number of Articles

G120 Asset Pricing 3,945 G210 Banks, Other Depository Institutions, Mortgages 3,095 F310 Foreign Exchange 2,698 D720 Economic Models of Political Processes 2,526 I110 Analysis of Health Care Markets 2,513 F130 Commercial Policy, Protection, Trade Negotiations 2,389 O150 Economic Development: Human Resources 2,308 O190 International Linkages to Development 2,295 B310 History of Thought: Individuals 2,132 G130 Contingent Pricing, Futures Pricing 1,972 Q280 Renewable Resources and Conservation 1,938 G320 Financing Policy, Capital and Ownership Structure 1,735 J240 Human Capital, Occupational Choice, Labor Productivity 1,718 E310 Price Level, Inflation, Deflation 1,628 O130 Economic Development, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment 1,584 I120 Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality 1,566 D120 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis 1,561 F020 International Economic Order, Economic Integration, Globalization 1,543 Q250 Renewable Resources and Conservation 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,-and-Expenditure; Money-; Inflation (P440); Islamic-; Economic-History-Macroeconomics; 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 Articles Pakistan 31.6 Iran 28.7 Malaysia 22.7 Middle East 14.3 India 10.0 United States 8.5 Turkey 5.9 Sudan 5.0 Africa 4.5 Israel 4.5 Bangladesh 3.5 Arab Countries 3.0 China 3.0 U.K. 3.0 Egypt 2.8 S. East Asia 2.3 Ethiopia 2.0 Senegal 2.0 United Arab Emirates 2.0 Thailand 1.7 Asia 1.5 Central Asia 1.5 Morocco 1.5 Indonesia 1.2 Kuwait 1.2 Saudi Arabia 1.2 Belgium 1.0 Brunei 1.0 Bulgaria 1.0 Denmark 1.0 France 1.0 Iraq 1.0 Jordan 1.0 Lebanon 1.0 MDCs 1.0 Mediterranean 1.0 Niger 1.0 Russia 1.0 Somalia 1.0 Syria 1.0 Tanzania 1.0

Table 6. Journals Publishing Three or More Articles in Islamic Economics 1991-2004

Journal Articles Islamic Economic Studies 61 Pakistan Development Review 38 Humanomics 33 Journal of Economic Cooperation among Islamic Countries 33 IIUM Journal of Economics and Management 30 International Journal of Social Economics 17 Middle East Business and Economic Review 14 Annals of the American Acad. of Political and Social Science 12 Journal of the Social Sciences 11 Economy and Society 8 Population and Development Review 8 Iranian Economic Review 5 Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 5 Review of African Political Economy 5 Development 4 Foreign Affairs 4 Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics 4 Middle East Technical University Studies in Development 4 OPEC Review 4 World Development 4 Development and Change 3 History of Political Economy 3 International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance 3 International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 3 Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 3 Pakistan Economic and Social Review 3 Population Research and Policy Review 3 Review of Middle East Economics and Finance 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 Articles Choudhury, Masudul Alam 16.5 Anwar, Muhammad 7.5 Haque, Ziaul 6.0 Hasan, Zubair 6.0 Kuran, Timur 6.0 Akhtar, Muhammad Ramzan 5.0 Dabour, Nabil M 5.0 Bashir, Abdel Hameed M 4.5 Ghazanfar, S M 4.5 Chapra, M Umer 4.0 Wilson, Rodney 4.0 Ahmad, Rafiq 3.5 Hussain, Muhammad 3.5 Khan, Tariqullah 3.5 Ebrahim, Muhammed Shahid 3.3 Hallaq, Said 3.0 Hamour, El Waleed A 3.0 Mehanna, Rock Antoine 3.0 Naqvi, Syed Nawab Haider 3.0 Obaidullah, Mohammed 3.0 Pramanik, Ataul Huq 3.0 Sirageldin, Ismail 3.0 Toutounchian, Iraj 3.0 Ugurel, Ilhan 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 Articles International Islamic University, Malaysia 30 Islamic Development Bank 23.5 International Islamic University, Pakistan 17 SESRTCIC 15 University College of Cape Breton 12.8 Pakistan Institute of Development Economics 7 King Abdulaziz University 6 University of Southern California 6 Bogazici University 5 Johns Hopkins University 4.5 Az-Zahra U 4 IMF 4 University of Durham 4 Kuwait University 3.3 Grambling State University 3.3 Australian National University 3 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals 3 London School of Economics and Political Science 3 United Arab Emirates University 3 Yarmouk University 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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