Get an email when this journal's indexing changes
Added to or removed from Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas or ONOS. One confirmation click; unsubscribe anytime.
Shofar is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.3), WoS AHCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Purdue University Press.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0882-8539Verify ISSN ↗1534-5165Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | 1016 / 1936 | 47th | Q3 |
| Religious Studies | 429 / 760 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Cultural Studies | 915 / 1434 | 36th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.3.
Shofar is Q3 in History (rank 1016 of 1936), Q3 in Religious Studies (rank 429 of 760) and Q3 in Cultural Studies (rank 915 of 1434), by CiteScore 2025.
Shofar 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 0.3, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 47th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.130, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 8.
Shofar is published by Purdue University Press. Its print ISSN is 0882-8539 and its online ISSN is 1534-5165.
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.
Shofar has an h-index of 31 and a 2-year mean of 0.13 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #835 of 1,704 Scopus journals in History.
Shofar published 46 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 103. 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. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.2 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.
Comments load as you scroll here.