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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.2), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Duke University Press.
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ISSN 1089-201XVerify ISSN ↗1548-226XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Duke University Press
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 415 / 745 | 44th | Q3 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 586 / 876 | 33rd | Q3 |
| Development | 227 / 314 | 27th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.2.
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East is Q3 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 415 of 745), Q3 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 586 of 876) and Q3 in Development (rank 227 of 314), by CiteScore 2025.
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 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 1.2, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 44th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.421, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 41.
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East is published by Duke University Press. Its print ISSN is 1089-201X and its online ISSN is 1548-226X.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East has an h-index of 54 and a 2-year mean of 0.69 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #374 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East published 61 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 70. 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.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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.
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