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Gulf Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.3). Published by Springer.
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ISSN 2662-4494Verify ISSN ↗2662-4508Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 402 / 745 | 46th | Q3 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 831 / 1530 | 45th | Q3 |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) | 179 / 283 | 36th | Q3 |
| Development | 222 / 314 | 29th | Q3 |
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Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.3.
Gulf Studies is Q3 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 402 of 745), Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 831 of 1530) and Q3 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (rank 179 of 283), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Gulf Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3, quartile Q3, 46th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Gulf Studies is published by Springer. Its print ISSN is 2662-4494 and its online ISSN is 2662-4508.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Gulf Studies has an h-index of 12 and a 2-year mean of 0.75 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #350 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Gulf Studies published 153 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.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (5.5 per 1,000 papers). 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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