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Arab Media and Society

American University in Cairo · Egypt · Est. 2007

ISSN1687-7721

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.132

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.157

Total Worksi

481

Total Citationsi

1,400

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Arab Media & Society is the journal of the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo. The journal publishes in English and Arabic biannually, in Summer and Winter. We accept submissions of quantitative or qualitative academic scholarship addressing any aspect of media or journalism and the Arab world. Each issue of Arab Media & Society is themed, please refer to our Call for Papers for information on whether your topic is applicable to our upcoming issue.

General Information

Country / RegionEgypt

Primary LanguageArabic, English

1st Year Published2007

Frequencybiannually

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications481

Publisher OrgAmerican University in Cairo Press

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2013

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American University in Cairo

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1687-7721

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Arabic, 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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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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ2

Cultural StudiesQ3

CommunicationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesMiddle East Politics and SocietyMiddle East and Rwanda ConflictsSocioeconomic Development in MENASocial Media and PoliticsTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceIslamic Studies and HistoryLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesLegal and Regulatory AnalysisMilitary Technology and Strategies

Frequently asked questions about Arab Media and Society

Is Arab Media and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Arab Media and Society: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Arab Media and Society?

Arab Media and Society is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.132.

Is Arab Media and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arab Media and Society is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.