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Hamsa

Centro Interdisciplinar de Historia Culturas e Sociedades da Universidade de Evora (CIDEHUS) · Portugal · Est. 2014

ISSN2183-2633

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ DOAJ-listed52

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total58

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

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 ↗

SJR Scorei

0.101

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

102

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Hamsa is a multidisciplinary journal dedicated to humanities studies on Judaism and Islam in the Iberian Peninsula and in the context of diasporas. It offers comparative analyses of historical, philosophical, literary, anthropological and sociological discourses, over a period that stretches from the Middle Ages to the present day.

General Information

Country / RegionPortugal

Primary LanguageFrench, Spanish, Portuguese, English

1st Year Published2014

Frequencyannual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications102

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~48 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Centro Interdisciplinar de Historia Culturas e Sociedades da Universidade de Evora (CIDEHUS)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2183-2633

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

French, Spanish, Portuguese, English

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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2025

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.

AnthropologyQ4

HistoryQ4

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyHistoryLiterature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical and Linguistic StudiesHispanic-African Historical RelationsArchaeology and Historical StudiesSephardic Jews and Inquisition StudiesIslamic Studies and HistoryHistorical Studies of Medieval IberiaMedieval History and CrusadesLanguage, Linguistics, Cultural AnalysisJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesMedieval Iberian Studies

Frequently asked questions about Hamsa

Is Hamsa a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Hamsa: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 58/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Hamsa?

Hamsa is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.101.

Is Hamsa indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Hamsa is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Hamsa?

How much does it cost to publish in Hamsa?

Hamsa is a Diamond open-access journal — there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.