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Contemporary Review of the Middle East

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2014

ISSN2349-0055

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.314

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.688

Total Worksi

436

Total Citationsi

1,194

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Contemporary Review of the Middle East publishes original research articles that analyze contemporary Middle Eastern developments in the fields of security, political, social, economic, and cultural issues. The journal encourages interdisciplinary research and critical analysis, highlighting contemporary challenges and developments in the region.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 38 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications436

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2349-0055

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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

2019

273

2020

142

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

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Economics and EconometricsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area StudiesInternational Relations

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Middle East and Rwanda ConflictsJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesIslamic Studies and HistoryMiddle East Politics and SocietyTurkey's Politics and SocietySocioeconomic Development in MENAPolitical Conflict and GovernanceTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

Frequently asked questions about Contemporary Review of the Middle East

Is Contemporary Review of the Middle East a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Contemporary Review of the Middle East: 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 Review of the Middle East?

Contemporary Review of the Middle East 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 0.46.

Is Contemporary Review of the Middle East indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Contemporary Review of the Middle East is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.