Middle East Journal
Middle East Institute · United States · Est. 1947
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Aims & Scope
The Middle East Journal is an indispensable resource for research and analysis, examining emerging trends and persistent challenges in a complex regional environment. MEJ features the work of leading scholars, policy analysts, journalists, and area experts from around the world, including from the Middle East itself. Each MEJ issue includes policy essays that engage current debates on political reform, economic development, and regional security, research articles that deploy the best social sciences and humanities to explain trajectories of regional change, and book reviews that keep readers updated on current literature. MEJ welcomes research articles and policy essays relating to the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan, from various disciplines. Submissions should contain both original research and analysis and are subject to double-blind peer review.
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Ethics & Quality
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Publication & Citation Trend
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
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Frequently asked questions about Middle East Journal
Is Middle East Journal a predatory journal?
PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Middle East Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list.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 East Journal?
Middle East Journal 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 PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.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 0.05.
Is Middle East Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
Middle East Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.
What is the aims and scope of Middle East Journal?
The Middle East Journal is an indispensable resource for research and analysis, examining emerging trends and persistent challenges in a complex regional environment. MEJ features the work of leading scholars, policy analysts, journalists, and area experts from around the world, including from the Middle East itself. Each MEJ issue includes policy essays that engage current debates on political reform, economic development, and regional security, research articles that deploy the best social sciences and humanities to explain trajectories of regional change, and book reviews that keep readers
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