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Global Journal Al-Thaqafah is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah.
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ISSN 2232-0474Verify ISSN ↗2232-0482Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (all) | 54 / 175 | 69th | Q2 |
| Cultural Studies | 493 / 1434 | 65th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.8.
Global Journal Al-Thaqafah is Q2 in Arts and Humanities (all) (rank 54 of 175) and Q2 in Cultural Studies (rank 493 of 1434), by CiteScore 2025.
Global Journal Al-Thaqafah 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 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.189, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 13.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$250 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Global Journal Al-Thaqafah is published by Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah. Its print ISSN is 2232-0474 and its online ISSN is 2232-0482.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Global Journal Al-Thaqafah has an h-index of 18 and a 2-year mean of 0.41 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #55 of 158 Scopus journals in Arts and Humanities (all).
Global Journal Al-Thaqafah published 97 papers in 2025. 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Malaysia (83.1%), Indonesia (8.2%) and Saudi Arabia (1.5%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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.
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