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Journal of Semitic Studies

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1956

ISSN1477-8556

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.27

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.924

Total Worksi

5,147

Total Citationsi

8,658

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Asian Studies; Cultural Studies; History; Literature and Literary Theory; Religious Studies; Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1956

Annual Volume~ 46 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,147

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1477-8556

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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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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

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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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 StudiesQ1

HistoryQ1

Literature and Literary TheoryQ1

Religious StudiesQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Asian Studies

Scopus Categories

HistoryCultural StudiesReligious StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Archaeology and Historical StudiesBiblical Studies and InterpretationHistorical and Linguistic StudiesAfrican history and culture analysisIslamic Studies and HistoryLanguage, Linguistics, Cultural AnalysisMedieval and Classical PhilosophyAncient Near East HistoryAncient Egypt and ArchaeologyJewish and Middle Eastern Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Semitic Studies

Is Journal of Semitic Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Semitic Studies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 of Semitic Studies?

Journal of Semitic 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 0.19.

Is Journal of Semitic Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Semitic Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Semitic Studies?