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Journal of the Middle East and Africa

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN2152-0844

SJR Q1✓ 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. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.262

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

374

Total Citationsi

1,547

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of the Middle East and Africa is an interdisciplinary journal that examines the regions from the perspectives of Middle Eastern and African studies. It also incorporates anthropology, economics, history, international law, political science, religion, security studies, women's studies, and other social sciences and humanities disciplines.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications374

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Region🌍 Global South

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2152-0844

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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

116

2019

110

2020

138

2021

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

HistoryQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistoryCultural StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesIslamic Studies and HistoryMiddle East and Rwanda ConflictsMiddle East Politics and SocietyAfrican history and culture analysisGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolencePolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsAfrican history and culture studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Middle East and Africa

Is Journal of the Middle East and Africa a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the Middle East and Africa: 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 Journal of the Middle East and Africa?

Journal of the Middle East and Africa is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.262.

Is Journal of the Middle East and Africa indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the Middle East and Africa is indexed in Scopus.