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Middle East Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.2), WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Middle East Institute.
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ISSN 0026-3141Verify ISSN ↗1940-3461Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Middle East Institute
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 857 / 1530 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 591 / 876 | 32nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present (also 1983–1986, 1979–1980, 1976), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.2.
Middle East Journal is Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 857 of 1530) and Q3 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 591 of 876), by CiteScore 2025.
Middle East Journal is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 1.2, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 43rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.215, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 51.
Middle East Journal is published by Middle East Institute. Its print ISSN is 0026-3141 and its online ISSN is 1940-3461.
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 Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Middle East Journal has an h-index of 64 and a 2-year mean of 0.1 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #1,260 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Middle East Journal published 62 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 93. 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 59 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (54%), United Kingdom (11.9%) and Qatar (4%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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