Journal profile
AlMarkaz Majallat alDirasat al'Arabiyya
ISSN 2772-8242 · eISSN 2772-8250 · Brill · Netherlands
AlMarkaz Majallat alDirasat al'Arabiyya: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 25 weeks (community reports); 21 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AlMarkaz Majallat alDirasat al'Arabiyya is published by Brill. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Islamic Thought and Society Studies, Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies and Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics, together about 33% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Al-Markaz: Majallat al-Dirāsāt al-ʿArabiyya [The Centre: Journal of Arabic Studies] is a double-anonymous peer-reviewed journal, that focuses on Arabic language, literature and culture studies, encompassing a range of historical and analytical trends. It covers a chronological period that extends from before Islam to contemporary times. The journal offers a forum for matters of formal language and spoken dialects, written and oral heritage, in poetry and prose, and welcomes submissions with an interdisciplinary and comparative approach.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Ali Bin Tamim AliPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Islamic Thought and Society StudiesArts and Humanities13.5%
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities12.4%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities7%
- Classical Studies and PhilologyArts and Humanities6%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences5.4%
- Islamic Studies and HistorySocial Sciences4.9%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities4.9%
- North African History and LiteratureArts and Humanities4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Arab World Research Source, Semantic ScholarPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.02OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 95 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 10 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Diamond Open Access; no cost to authors. Model summary
This is a Diamond Open Access journal. Articles are published in Open Access at no cost to the author.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Brill
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- Arabic
- ISSN
- 2772-8242
- Electronic ISSN
- 2772-8250
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AlMarkaz Majallat alDirasat al'Arabiyya
How long does peer review take at AlMarkaz Majallat alDirasat al'Arabiyya?
Authors report an average review time of about 25 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index AlMarkaz Majallat alDirasat al'Arabiyya?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AlMarkaz Majallat alDirasat al'Arabiyya is indexed in DOAJ.
Is AlMarkaz Majallat alDirasat al'Arabiyya open access, and what is the APC?
AlMarkaz Majallat alDirasat al'Arabiyya is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .