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Jewish Social Studies

Indiana University Press · United States

ISSN0021-6704eISSN1527-2028

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total84

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.185

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.018

Total Worksi

826

Total Citationsi

3,887

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Cultural Studies; History; Religious Studies; Anthropology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyThree Times A Year, 1994-

StatusActive

Total Publications826

Publisher OrgIndiana University Press

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Indiana University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0021-6704 / 1527-2028

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

193

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cultural StudiesQ2

HistoryQ2

Religious StudiesQ2

AnthropologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyHistoryCultural StudiesReligious Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesJewish Identity and SocietyMiddle East Politics and SocietyLegal case studies and regulationsMemory, Trauma, and Commemoration

Frequently asked questions about Jewish Social Studies

Is Jewish Social Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Jewish Social Studies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Jewish Social Studies?

Jewish Social Studies is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.28.

Is Jewish Social Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Jewish Social Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Jewish Social Studies?