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Halal products and consumer behavior

Halal products and consumer behavior is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1951. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of halal tourism, consumer behavior, and religiosity, with a focus on halal products, Islamic marketing, halal certification, supply chain management, and tourist satisfaction. It delves into the factors influencing the intention to choose halal products, the role of religiosity in consumer behavior, and the challenges and opportunities in halal tourism. Additionally, it addresses issues related to food safety, ethical considerations, and the development of halal standards.

  • Halal Tourism
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Religiosity
  • Halal Products
  • Islamic Marketing
  • Halal Certification
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Tourist Satisfaction
  • Muslim Consumers
  • Food Safety
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+91%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
67% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Halal products and consumer behavior

Which countries lead Halal products and consumer behavior research?

By volume, Indonesia and Malaysia publish the most (4.3k and 862 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 4.3k works
  2. 2 Malaysia 862 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 321 works
  4. 4 India 241 works
  5. 5 ?? 171 works
  6. 6 United States 164 works
  7. 7 Pakistan 121 works
  8. 8 China 90 works
  9. 9 Saudi Arabia 82 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 77 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Indonesia: 66.6%Malaysia: 13.5%Türkiye: 5.0%India: 3.8%6 others listed: 11.1%67%largest
Indonesia4,252 · 66.6%Malaysia862 · 13.5%Türkiye321 · 5.0%India241 · 3.8%6 others listed707 · 11.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Halal products and consumer behavior research?

By volume in 2022-now, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu publishes the most Halal products and consumer behavior research, followed by Universiti Teknologi MARA and Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 196 works
  2. 2 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 175 works
  3. 3 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 119 works
  4. 4 Trunojoyo UniversityIndonesia 116 works
  5. 5 International Islamic University MalaysiaMalaysia 94 works
  6. 6 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia 79 works
  7. 7 Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan LampungIndonesia 71 works
  8. 8 Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia 70 works
  9. 9 Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia 68 works
  10. 10 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 68 works

Who are the leading researchers in Halal products and consumer behavior?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Halal products and consumer behavior include Ziad Ahmed Memish.

  1. 1 Ziad Ahmed Memish Saudi Arabia 224k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Halal products and consumer behavior?

The most cited paper in Halal products and consumer behavior is "Food waste matters - A systematic review of household food waste practices and their policy implications" (Karin Schanes, Karin Dobernig, Burcu Gözet, 2018), with 1,364 citations. Next come "Influence of terrorism risk on foreign tourism decisions" (1,018) and "Consumer-Related Food Waste: Causes and Potential for Action" (903).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Food waste matters - A systematic review of household food waste practices and their policy implications Karin Schanes, Karin Dobernig, Burcu Gözet · Journal of Cleaner Production ReviewOpen access 8 Feb 2018 1,364
2 Influence of terrorism risk on foreign tourism decisions Sevil F. Sönmez, Alan R. Graefe · Annals of Tourism Research 1998 1,018
3 Consumer-Related Food Waste: Causes and Potential for Action Jessica Aschemann‐Witzel, Ilona E. de Hooge, Pegah Amani et al. · Sustainability Open access 26 May 2015 903
4 Effects of COVID-19 on hotel marketing and management: a perspective article Yangyang Jiang, Jun Wen · International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 23 Jun 2020 850
5 Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) in halal food purchasing Syed Shah Alam, Nazura Mohamed Sayuti · International Journal of Commerce and Management 5 Mar 2011 724
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Halal products and consumer behavior research done?

The largest centres of Halal products and consumer behavior research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bangkalan, Bandar Seri Begawan and Kampung Baharu Nilai.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 458 works
  2. 2 BandungIndonesia 316 works
  3. 3 SurabayaIndonesia 306 works
  4. 4 YogyakartaIndonesia 272 works
  5. 5 MedanIndonesia 258 works
  6. 6 Kuala LumpurMalaysia 241 works
  7. 7 BengkuluIndonesia 215 works
  8. 8 MalangIndonesia 202 works
  9. 9 Shah AlamMalaysia 196 works
  10. 10 MakassarIndonesia 178 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BangkalanID · 116.0 works61×
  2. Bandar Seri BegawanBN · 57.6 works44×
  3. Kampung Baharu NilaiMY · 57.8 works38×
  4. PekalonganID · 48.9 works33×
  5. PonorogoID · 50.7 works32×
  6. Shah AlamMY · 195.7 works31×
  7. Kartasura23.3 works30×
  8. KushtiaBD · 36.6 works30×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Halal products and consumer behavior than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Halal products and consumer behavior?

Among universities, judged by research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Airlangga University and Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 18.19%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universiti Malaysia …Universiti Brunei Da…Airlangga UniversityUniversiti Teknologi…
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universiti Brunei DarussalamBrunei 77.832.9%33.7×23 +88.0%
2Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 62.417.6%11.8×67 +103.2%
3Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan AbdullahMalaysia 62.434.6%6.8×9 +48.9%
4Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 62.07.3%35.7×175 +73.8%
5University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 59.215.2%8.7×26 +42.0%
6International Islamic University MalaysiaMalaysia 58.18.4%56.9×94 +24.7%
7National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 56.715.4%10.9×46 +53.0%
8Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 56.64.9%21.5×196 +287.0%
9University of JordanJordan 54.827.9%4.8×8 +98.9%
10Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 54.717.7%7.6×32 +146.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Halal products and consumer behavior, country by country

Is Halal products and consumer behavior research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 91% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Halal products and consumer behavior.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Halal products and consumer behavior as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.034% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Halal products and consumer behavior0.035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Halal products and consumer behavior over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Halal products and consumer behavior9.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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