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Journal of Islamic Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.3), WoS AHCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Oxford University Press.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0955-2340Verify ISSN ↗1471-6917Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Cost to publish: About US$4,026 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | 55 / 1186 | 95th | Q1 |
| History | 215 / 1936 | 88th | Q1 |
| Religious Studies | 112 / 760 | 85th | Q1 |
| Cultural Studies | 324 / 1434 | 77th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present (also 1990–1996), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.3.
Journal of Islamic Studies is Q1 in Literature and Literary Theory (rank 55 of 1186), Q1 in History (rank 215 of 1936) and Q1 in Religious Studies (rank 112 of 760), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Islamic Studies is indexed in the Arts & Humanities 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 1.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.129, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 19.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,026 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.
Journal of Islamic Studies is published by Oxford University Press. Its print ISSN is 0955-2340 and its online ISSN is 1471-6917.
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.
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Islamic Studies has an h-index of 35 and a 2-year mean of 0.11 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #425 of 1,079 Scopus journals in Literature and Literary Theory.
Journal of Islamic Studies published 50 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 92. 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 93 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (32.8%), United Kingdom (24.7%) and Germany (6.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.7 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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