Ma`rifat Eqtesadi

In the field of Islamic economics, despite the significant and increasing research growth in recent decades, the lack of a comprehensive and indigenous classification system that can properly reflect the wide range of topics, theoretical foundations and innovative approaches of this field has always been a fundamental challenge. The standard classification system of JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) faces significant limitations in covering specific topics, conceptual subtleties, and jurisprudential and ethical foundations of Islamic economics. Many key concepts are either completely ignored or scattered in unrelated subfields, which makes it difficult for researchers to find relevant sources and comprehensively understand the knowledge structure of Islamic economics. This article proposes a new classification framework called IEC (Islamic Economics Classification) with the aim of solving this gap. Taking advantage of the critical analysis of JEL's structure and content and considering the unique characteristics of Islamic economics, IEC presents a hierarchical and flexible classification that is able to cover all dimensions of this emerging domain. This proposed framework, which includes the main categories such as principles and foundations, economic jurisprudence, Islamic banking and finance, economic policy, support system and sustainable development, provides the possibility of more precise organization of researches, facilitating the search in specialized databases.