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Islamic Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.4). Published by Islamic Research Institute.
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ISSN 0578-8072Verify ISSN ↗2710-5326Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Islamic Research Institute
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Religious Studies | 382 / 760 | 49th | Q3 |
| Cultural Studies | 834 / 1434 | 41st | Q3 |
| Law | 902 / 1162 | 22nd | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present (also 1989, 1978, 1971), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.4.
Islamic Studies is Q3 in Religious Studies (rank 382 of 760), Q3 in Cultural Studies (rank 834 of 1434) and Q4 in Law (rank 902 of 1162), by CiteScore 2025.
Islamic 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 0.4, quartile Q3, 49th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.120, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 5.
Islamic Studies is published by Islamic Research Institute. Its print ISSN is 0578-8072 and its online ISSN is 2710-5326.
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.
Islamic Studies has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 0.22 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.4, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #266 of 634 Scopus journals in Religious Studies.
Islamic Studies published 31 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 32. 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 85 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Pakistan (24.7%), Türkiye (12.4%) and Qatar (11%).
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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