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JOURNAL FOR SEMITICS

UNISA PRESS · ZA

ISSN1013-8471eISSN1013-8471

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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.

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Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Humanities, Multidisciplinary.

General Information

Country / RegionZA

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

UNISA PRESS

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1013-8471 / 1013-8471

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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Peer review process documented?

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

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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?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Biblical Studies and InterpretationArchaeology and Historical StudiesHistorical and Linguistic StudiesAncient Near East HistoryAncient Egypt and ArchaeologyDevelopment, Ethics, and SocietyLinguistics and language evolutionHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesLanguage, Linguistics, Cultural AnalysisSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL FOR SEMITICS

Is JOURNAL FOR SEMITICS a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JOURNAL FOR SEMITICS: it is indexed in Web of Science, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of JOURNAL FOR SEMITICS?

JOURNAL FOR SEMITICS 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.

Is JOURNAL FOR SEMITICS indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JOURNAL FOR SEMITICS is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of JOURNAL FOR SEMITICS?