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Contemporary Arab Affairs

Brill Academic Publishers · Netherlands · Est. 2008

ISSN1755-0912

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.109

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.596

Total Worksi

749

Total Citationsi

2,218

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Political Science and International Relations.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 29 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications749

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brill Academic Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1755-0912

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

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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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 StudiesQ4

Political Science and International RelationsQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Middle East and Rwanda ConflictsJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesIslamic Studies and HistoryMiddle East Politics and SocietySocioeconomic Development in MENAPolitical Conflict and GovernanceGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceAfrican history and culture analysis

Frequently asked questions about Contemporary Arab Affairs

Is Contemporary Arab Affairs a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Contemporary Arab Affairs: it is indexed in 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 Contemporary Arab Affairs?

Contemporary Arab Affairs is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.109.

Is Contemporary Arab Affairs indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Contemporary Arab Affairs is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Contemporary Arab Affairs?