Journal profile · Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Contemporary Arab Affairs
ISSN 1755-0912 · eISSN 1755-0920 · University of California Press
Contemporary Arab Affairs: subscription journal; 28 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2017 (Volume 10, Issue 4): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Contemporary Arab Affairs is published by University of California Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Middle East Politics and Society, Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts and Islamic Studies and History, together about 53.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published by University of California Press from 2018. For some time, and particularly since 11 September 2001, there has been a vacuum in discourse between the West and the Arab world. Contemporary Arab Affairs seeks to publish work by specialists, policy experts and scholars from the region itself and the international community. Drawing on the expertise of the Centre for Arab Unity Studies, a well-established publisher of research in Arabic, Contemporary Arab Affairs will present the best of modern Arab scholarship in the English language. Sorry, there are currently no metrics available for this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Middle East Politics and SocietySocial Sciences28.6%
- Middle East and Rwanda ConflictsSocial Sciences15.8%
- Islamic Studies and HistorySocial Sciences9.5%
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences9.3%
- Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderSocial Sciences5.3%
- Political Conflict and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.1%
- Socioeconomic Development in MENASocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | Q3 | 1012/1434 | 29th |
| Political Science and International Relations | Q4 | 659/745 | 11th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.49OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 780 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 2 | 161 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3 | 226 |
| 2024 | 36 | 1 | 250 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1 | 243 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1 | 152 |
| 2021 | 31 | 1 | 218 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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 websiteData availability, Open access
- Data availability
The Centre for Arab Unity Studies and our publisher Taylor & Francis make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contained in our publications. Model summary
The Centre for Arab Unity Studies and our publisher Taylor & Francis make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contained in our publications.
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Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- ISSN
- 1755-0912
- Electronic ISSN
- 1755-0920
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 4 (2017)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Contemporary Arab Affairs
Which databases index Contemporary Arab Affairs?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Contemporary Arab Affairs is indexed in Scopus.
Is Contemporary Arab Affairs open access, and what is the APC?
Contemporary Arab Affairs is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .