About the ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance

About the ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance

The historical English title is ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance, often shortened to IIJIF or IJIF. Its print ISSN is 0128-1976 and online ISSN is 2289-4365. An ISSN identifies a serial publication; it is not an approval of every article or financial product.

The original English About page says its first issue appeared in December 2009. The archived English index identifies that issue as Volume 1, Issue 1. The About page described a peer-reviewed journal for academics and practitioners, published twice a year. Read that frequency as historical information.

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Islamic-finance research topics

The historical scope emphasised Shariah questions in Islamic banking, economics, finance, law and takaful. The journal published academic articles, practitioner contributions and research notes on work in progress. The publisher’s present publications page also names capital markets and social finance.

New reader guidance: start with a question you need to understand: what a contract changes, who owns an asset, how a dispute arose, or what assumptions a study used. Research can explain the debate. It does not replace your signed contract, current Product Disclosure Sheet, takaful certificate or applicable official rules.

For example, a Malaysian considering home financing can use an older paper to understand diminishing partnership, then check the provider’s actual ownership arrangements, payment obligations, fees and default terms. That is a reading method, not a finding from the journal or a judgement on a particular offer. Muslim and non-Muslim readers can use this educational record; it makes no claim about personal product eligibility.

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How publication changed

The original publisher was the International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA). The 2019 archived hub says the Emerald partnership began in June 2017. A September 2024 editorial by Beebee Salma Sairally, read from its public ResearchGate copy, describes the 2009–2016 ISRA period, the 2017–2022 Emerald period, and publication by ISRA Research Management Centre, INCEIF University, from 2023 to June 2024. The editorial reports that frequency increased over time; the early twice-yearly schedule should not be carried forward.

INCEIF’s official announcement confirms a change of title in September 2024 to International Journal of Islamic Finance and Sustainable Development (IJIFSD). The new online title has ISSN 3030-6442. The announcement identifies ISRA Institute as publisher and INCEIF University and the Islamic Development Bank Institute as joint sponsors. Publishing, sponsorship and legal ownership are different matters: no ownership-transfer instrument was inspected.

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English, Arabic and present-day instructions

The publisher lists the English successor and ISRA International Arabic Journal of Islamic Finance separately. The old English index likewise had separate English and Arabic issue lists. Do not assume matching volume numbers mean the same issue, or that an Arabic article is a translation of an English one. The Bahasa Melayu companion record explains the English journal; it is not an official Malay edition of that journal.

For current articles or submissions, follow the publisher-listed IJIFSD site. Its live page content could not be read in this session. Current frequency, board membership, submission conditions and publication charges are therefore not restated here. The historical ScholarOne link and old office details are not presented as current instructions.

INCEIF’s official announcement says the renamed title’s Scopus coverage begins with September 2024 issues and earlier articles remain under the old title. That is an attributed publisher statement, not an independent live Scopus check. Keep an old article’s original journal title when citing it.

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Choose your next step

• Journal archive hub — proposed companion page: browse the five targeted historical issues and verified article records.
• Original publisher archive (external): a historical archive destination cited by the 2024 editorial; availability may vary.
• INCEIF publications page (external): the verified starting point for the English successor and separate Arabic journal.
• Who checks Shariah compliance in Malaysia? — proposed guide: distinguish research discussion from institutional and regulatory decisions.
• Islamic-finance glossary — proposed guide: understand terms before comparing a paper with your documents.

Before relying on an article: check its title, authors, language, year, volume/issue and pages; identify whether you have the full published text or only an abstract; check the country and period studied; and separate the authors’ conclusion from today’s product terms. Peer review does not itself guarantee safety, returns or Shariah compliance of a transaction.

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References

Original-source checks distinguish publication dates from archive capture and repository deposit dates. A listed download is not proof that its full text was read.

1. About ISRA Journal — International Shari’ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA).
   Original English About page: launch, scope, peer review and historical twice-yearly description.
   Date/version: archive capture 23 October 2017; original publication date unstated. Checked 6 October 2026. Archive date is not publication date. Its board and indexing aspirations are historical.
2. ISRA international journal of Islamic finance (Print) — ISSN International Centre.
   Print ISSN 0128-1976; ISSN-L 0128-1976.
   Date/version: record modified 20 February 2024. Checked 6 October 2026. An identifier record does not establish current frequency, quality or article contents.
3. ISRA international journal of Islamic finance (Online) — ISSN International Centre.
   Online ISSN 2289-4365, linked to print ISSN-L 0128-1976.
   Date/version: record modified 21 March 2024; keeper entries updated in 2026. Checked 6 October 2026. Preservation coverage is not a complete public full-text access guarantee.
4. International Journal of Islamic Finance and Sustainable Development (Online) — ISSN International Centre.
   New title’s online ISSN is 3030-6442.
   Date/version: record modified 14 March 2025. Checked 6 October 2026. Keep historical article citations under their original journal title.
5. Publications & Translations — INCEIF University / ISRA Institute.
   Publisher lists separate English-successor and Arabic journals, describes peer review and subject areas.
   Date/version: undated page. Checked 6 October 2026. Outbound links verified as publisher-listed; OJS bodies timed out in this research session.
6. IJIFSD Now Indexed in Scopus — INCEIF University.
   Official announcement identifies September 2024 rebranding, ISRA Institute as publisher, INCEIF and IsDB Institute as joint sponsors.
   Date/version: 28 January; year not displayed in retrieved body. Checked 6 October 2026. Indexing is attributed to the university’s announcement, not independently queried in Scopus. Search labels suggest 2026 but retrieved body shows no year.
7. Editorial: Embracing New Horizons — Beebee Salma Sairally; published by ISRA Research Management Centre, INCEIF University.
   Original editorial text read from publicly accessible ResearchGate copy: publication eras and renamed journal.
   Date/version: September 2024; Volume 16 Number 3, pp. 1–3. Checked 6 October 2026. Publisher original DOI endpoint could not be read. Landing-page licence CC BY-NC differs from printed CC BY; no full article reproduced or licence conclusion made.
8. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance (IIJIF) — ISRA.
   Original page states Emerald partnership from June 2017 and historical scope.
   Date/version: archive capture 18 July 2019; original publication date unstated. Checked 6 October 2026. Old ScholarOne link, office contacts, indexing list and biannual frequency are not current instructions. Copyright credit is not evidence of present legal ownership.
9. Journal (English) — ISRA.
   Lists English Volumes 1–3, issue dates, extent and article categories.
   Date/version: archive capture 20 May 2012; original publication date unstated. Checked 6 October 2026. Old prices RM 45/US$35 are historical; not a present offer.