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Contemporary Islam

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 2006

ISSN1872-0218eISSN1872-0226

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.352

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.304

Total Worksi

597

Total Citationsi

5,768

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.77

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Religion; Cultural Studies; Religious Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 31 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications597

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1872-0218 / 1872-0226

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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

119

2019

2020

201

2021

183

2022

115

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 StudiesQ1

Religious StudiesQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Religion

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesReligious Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Islamic Studies and HistoryJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesEducation and Islamic StudiesAsian Studies and HistoryTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceTurkey's Politics and SocietyReligion, Society, and DevelopmentReligion and Society InteractionsMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationIslamic Studies and Radicalism

Frequently asked questions about Contemporary Islam

Is Contemporary Islam a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Contemporary Islam: 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 Contemporary Islam?

Contemporary Islam 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 0.77.

Is Contemporary Islam indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Contemporary Islam is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Contemporary Islam?