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Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies

Edinburgh University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN2054-1996

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.14

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.449

Total Worksi

281

Total Citationsi

464

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Humanities, Multidisciplinary; History; Literature and Literary Theory; Religious Studies; Cultural Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications281

Publisher OrgEdinburgh University Press

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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?

Edinburgh University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2054-1996

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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

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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.

HistoryQ2

Literature and Literary TheoryQ2

Religious StudiesQ2

Cultural StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

HistoryCultural StudiesReligious StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesMiddle East Politics and SocietyMiddle East and Rwanda ConflictsAfrican history and culture analysisIslamic Studies and HistoryGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesJewish Identity and SocietyBiblical Studies and InterpretationArchaeology and Historical StudiesMemory, Trauma, and Commemoration

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies

Is Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Holy Land and Palestine 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 Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies?

Journal of Holy Land and Palestine 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 0.79.

Is Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies?