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Shirkah: Journal of Economics and Business focuses its discussion concerning on the topic of Islamic Economics and Business. This journal mostly covers the areas of Islamic finance, Islamic philanthropy, Islamic economics thoughts, and Islamic marketing.

1. The topic of Islamic finance limits the discussion related to Islamic monetary and sharia microfinance such as Islamic monetary system, sharia capital market, sharia banking, financial technology, and Sukuk.
2. The theme of Islamic philanthropy concerns on the topics related to ZISWAF (Zakat, Infaq, Sadaqah, and Waqf).
3. The area of Islamic economics thought scrutinizes the Islamic economics growth and development in the world, as well as examining popular Islamic economics ideas.
4. The issue of Islamic marketing directs the discourses about mutual consent of pure and lawful products and services including halal industry (food, tourism, and lifestyle), management-based Islamic values, Accounting, and entrepreneurship.

By promoting critical discussion on the current issues of these areas, the journal represents an excellent forum for highlighting the profile of Islamic economics and business on both national and international levels.

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Open Submissions

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Description

Submissions should be prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines. The manuscript may be returned to authors without a scientific assessment if they do not meet all submission requirements, if they are not in the correct format, or cannot be downloaded reliably.

Submissions must represent the original and independent work of the authors. Each new submission is assessed by Principal Editor to determine whether it falls within the general remit of Shirkah: Journal of Economics and Business. We will reject a manuscript without review if it contains insufficient content; it exceeds our word limit or is incorrectly formatted; it is poorly presented and unclear. Manuscripts that pass the initial assessment will be handled by Principal Editor or Associate Editor to oversee the review process for contribution, originality, relevance, and presentation.

Once a manuscript passes the initial checks, it will be assigned to at least two independent experts for peer-review. A single-blind review is applied, where authors' identities are known to reviewers. Peer review comments are confidential and will only be disclosed with the express agreement of the reviewer. All manuscripts are subject to peer review and authors can expect a decision, or an explanation for the delay, within 2 months of receipt. If a revision is invited, the corresponding author should submit the revised manuscript within 2 weeks. The final decision is taken by Principal Editors based on the information gained through the peer-review process.

We ensure that the reviewed manuscript is treated confidentially prior to being published, as explained in publication ethics.

Types of Decision

There are four types of editorial decisions during the peer review process, which are:

Decline submission
Following peer review, the paper is judged not to be acceptable for publication in Shirkah: Journal of Economics and Business and resubmission is not possible.

Resubmit for Review
The submitted version of the paper is not acceptable and requires major revision, but there is clear potential in the work, and Shirkah: Journal of Economics and Business is prepared to consider a new version. Authors are offered the opportunity to resubmit their paper as a new submission. Concerns will remain regarding the suitability of the paper for publication until the editors are convinced by the authors that their paper fits the scope and standards of Shirkah: Journal of Economics and Business. The resubmitted manuscript will be returned to the original associate editor if at all possible.

Revision
The paper requires changes before a final decision can be made. Authors are asked to modify their manuscript in light of comments received from referees and editors and to submit a new version for consideration within 2 weeks of receiving the decision letter. A point-by-point explanation of how comments have been addressed must be supplied with the revised version of the paper. Revisions may undergo further peer review and papers may undergo more than one round of revision. If the authors do not revise their papers to the satisfaction of the editors, the paper can still be declined from publication in Shirkah: Journal of Economics and Business.

Accept submission
The paper is accepted for publication, subject to conditions that need to be addressed in producing a final version of the manuscript. These may include sub-editing changes and the minor amendment to ensure the paper fully matches our criteria. After final checking in the editorial office, acceptance is confirmed and the paper is forwarded to the publishers for publication.

Galley Proof

Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author for final checking. Corrections to the proofs must be restricted to printer’s errors: any other changes to the text, in equations or grammar, may be charged to the author. Proofs should be returned to the editors within three days of receipt to minimize the risk of the author’s contribution having to be held over to a later issue. The editors do not accept responsibility for the correctness of published content. It is the author’s responsibility to check the content at the proof stage.

copyright Open Access Policy

Shirkah: Journal of Economics and Business is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the users. All open access papers are licensed and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits authors and readers unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction of the material in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. This is enabled under the terms of Attribution and Non-Commercial usage of the material.

unarchive Archiving

All articles published by Shirkah: Journal of Economics and Business have a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to provide guarantees to authors regarding long-term archiving. With the DOI, all articles in Shirkah: Journal of Economics and Business will not be affected by changes to the URL currently used. Moreover, this journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...