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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies

Duke University Press · United States · Est. 2005

ISSN1552-5864eISSN1558-9579

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.174

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.184

Total Worksi

1,032

Total Citationsi

5,841

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Women'S Studies; Cultural Studies; History; Gender Studies; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 38 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,032

Publisher OrgIndiana 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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Duke University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1552-5864 / 1558-9579

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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

200

2019

2020

2021

2022

118

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

Gender StudiesQ3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Women'S Studies

Scopus Categories

Gender StudiesSociology and Political ScienceHistoryCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Islamic Studies and HistoryJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesMiddle East Politics and SocietyTurkey's Politics and SocietySocioeconomic Development in MENAGender Politics and RepresentationMiddle East and Rwanda ConflictsMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderGender, Security, and ConflictMarriage and Sexual Relationships

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Middle East Women's Studies

Is Journal of Middle East Women's Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Middle East Women's 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 Middle East Women's Studies?

Journal of Middle East Women's 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 0.21.

Is Journal of Middle East Women's Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Middle East Women's Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Middle East Women's Studies?