The International Journal of Shī‘ī Studies publishes research and reviews on virtually every aspect of Shī‘ī studies. Topics that fall within the scope of the journal include:

• Analyses of Shī‘ī origins, doctrines, methodologies. literature; or cosmological and ideological dimensions of the Shī‘ī schools, including mystical, philosophical, theological, social, economic, political, contemporary, and comparative aspects;

• Research and studies on the Ahlulbayt, including from non-Shī‘ī perspectives;

• Shī‘ī contributions to any of the traditional Islamic sciences, both exoteric and esoteric;

• Biographies or studies of the careers of Shī‘ī scholars or even non-Shī‘ī scholars with some positive or negative relation to the Shī‘ī school or the Ahlulbayt;

• Communal, institutional, literary and devotional manifestations of the Shī‘ī school.