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International Journal of Islamic Thought is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.5), WoS ESCI. Published by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press.
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ISSN 2232-1314Verify ISSN ↗2289-6023Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press
Cost to publish: About US$200 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (all) | 24 / 175 | 86th | Q1 |
| Social Sciences (all) | 135 / 286 | 52nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.5.
International Journal of Islamic Thought is Q1 in Arts and Humanities (all) (rank 24 of 175) and Q2 in Social Sciences (all) (rank 135 of 286), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Islamic Thought 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 1.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 86th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.239, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 8.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$200 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.
International Journal of Islamic Thought is published by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press. Its print ISSN is 2232-1314 and its online ISSN is 2289-6023.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Islamic Thought has an h-index of 16 and a 2-year mean of 0.63 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #40 of 158 Scopus journals in Arts and Humanities (all).
International Journal of Islamic Thought published 37 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 58 research articles (2023–2025), authors are most often from Malaysia (49.1%), Indonesia (13.8%) and Türkiye (6%).
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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