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Middle Eastern Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1964

ISSN1743-7881

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.238

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

3,178

Total Citationsi

28,686

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Middle Eastern Studies publishes academic research on the history and politics of the Arabic-speaking countries in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as on Turkey, Iran, and Israel. It covers aspects of the Middle East from the end of classical antiquity and the rise of Islam to the present day, balancing modern social sciences with traditional disciplines.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1964

Annual Volume~ 65 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,178

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1743-7881

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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

641

2019

373

2020

245

2021

102

220

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.

HistoryQ1

Cultural StudiesQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area Studies

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistoryCultural StudiesGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Islamic Studies and HistoryJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesMiddle East and Rwanda ConflictsTurkey's Politics and SocietyMiddle East Politics and SocietyAfrican history and culture analysisPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Middle Eastern Studies

Is Middle Eastern Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Middle Eastern 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 Middle Eastern Studies?

Middle Eastern 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 0.35.

Is Middle Eastern Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Middle Eastern Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.