About the Journal
The Journal of Halal Markets and Consumption (JHMC) advances research on how halal principles are interpreted, institutionalised, and negotiated through market exchange and everyday consumption. It examines how consumers, firms, intermediaries, and regulatory and religious authorities shape the meaning, credibility, and value of halal across diverse social and economic settings.
Grounded in marketing and consumer research, JHMC connects individual experiences and consumption practices with business strategies and the institutions that organise markets. Its central concern is the relationship between halal assurance, market conduct, and consumption: how claims become credible, how value is created and contested, and how these processes influence consumer choices, marketplace participation, and well-being.
The journal welcomes empirical, conceptual, and review contributions that develop, test, or challenge explanations of halal markets and consumption. It supports dialogue across disciplinary and methodological traditions, with particular interest in research that explains variation across cultural, institutional, and geographical contexts. Contributions should make the substantive role of halal clear and articulate their significance for wider scholarly debates on markets and consumption.
JHMC welcomes original empirical research, conceptual contributions, and rigorous reviews that develop, test, or challenge explanations of halal markets and consumption. It encourages dialogue across disciplinary and methodological traditions, including marketing, psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, communication, and institutional studies. Studies from any geographical setting are welcome, including research involving Muslim and non-Muslim consumers. Contributions must establish the substantive role of halal in their research questions and articulate their significance for wider scholarly debates on markets and consumption.
The publisher is committed to developing JHMC into an internationally respected forum through sustained support for editorial independence, rigorous peer review, publication ethics, timely publication, international scholarly participation, and reliable digital infrastructure. As part of this commitment, JHMC aims to submit applications to Scopus and the Web of Science Core Collection, by the end of its third year of publication, subject to demonstrated readiness and the applicable eligibility requirements. Its five-year strategic objective, measured from the publication of its first issue, is to achieve inclusion in both databases. Progress will be reviewed annually, and application and indexing status will be reported transparently. These objectives express the publisher’s development commitments; acceptance and evaluation timelines remain subject to the independent decisions of the respective indexing organisations.
