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Arab Studies Quarterly is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Pluto Journals.
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ISSN 0271-3519Verify ISSN ↗2043-6920Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Pluto Journals
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | 536 / 1434 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 1045 / 1530 | 31st | Q3 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 531 / 745 | 28th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present (also 2001, 1981, 1979), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.8.
Arab Studies Quarterly is Q2 in Cultural Studies (rank 536 of 1434), Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1045 of 1530) and Q3 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 531 of 745), by CiteScore 2025.
Arab Studies Quarterly is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 62nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.113, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 8.
Arab Studies Quarterly is published by Pluto Journals. Its print ISSN is 0271-3519 and its online ISSN is 2043-6920.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Arab Studies Quarterly has an h-index of 32 and a 2-year mean of 2.27 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #46 of 1,309 Scopus journals in Cultural Studies.
Arab Studies Quarterly published 37 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 56. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 35 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (24.3%), United Kingdom (12.9%) and Palestinian Territories (12.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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