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Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.1), WoS AHCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by The Islamic College.
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ISSN 1748-9423Verify ISSN ↗2051-557XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: The Islamic College
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | 1706 / 1936 | 11th | Q4 |
| Religious Studies | 682 / 760 | 10th | Q4 |
| Cultural Studies | 1297 / 1434 | 9th | Q4 |
| Philosophy | 813 / 891 | 8th | Q4 |
| Law | 1122 / 1162 | 3rd | Q4 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 725 / 745 | 2nd | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–2024, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.1.
Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies is Q4 in History (rank 1706 of 1936), Q4 in Religious Studies (rank 682 of 760) and Q4 in Cultural Studies (rank 1297 of 1434), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Journal of Shi'a 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 0.1, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 11th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.115, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 9.
Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies is published by The Islamic College. Its print ISSN is 1748-9423 and its online ISSN is 2051-557X.
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 Shi'a Islamic Studies has an h-index of 12 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.1, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #1,417 of 1,704 Scopus journals in History.
Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies published 9 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2016 with 40. 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. 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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