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Journal of Arabian Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.6). It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 2153-4780Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | 670 / 1434 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | 339 / 692 | 51st | Q2 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 555 / 744 | 25th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.6.
Journal of Arabian Studies is Q2 in Cultural Studies (rank 670 of 1434), Q2 in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (rank 339 of 692) and Q3 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 555 of 744), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Arabian 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 0.6, quartile Q2, 53rd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.190, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 19.
Journal of Arabian Studies is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its ISSN is 2153-4780.
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.
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.
Journal of Arabian Studies has an h-index of 29 and a 2-year mean of 0.32 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #539 of 1,309 Scopus journals in Cultural Studies.
Journal of Arabian Studies published 30 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 47. 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 28 research articles (2021–2025), authors are most often from Qatar (25%), United States (19.6%) and Canada (14.3%).
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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