Journal profile · HISTORY
Iran and the Caucasus
ISSN 1609-8498 · eISSN 1573-384X · Brill
Iran and the Caucasus: CAS Zone 4 · History (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 42 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Iran and the Caucasus is published by Brill and is in Zone 4 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Eurasian Exchange Networks, Islamic Studies and History and Ancient Near East History, together about 37.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Eurasian Exchange NetworksSocial Sciences18.5%
- Islamic Studies and HistorySocial Sciences10.5%
- Ancient Near East HistoryArts and Humanities8.9%
- Linguistics and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities8.7%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities8.4%
- Byzantine Studies and HistoryArts and Humanities5.9%
- Archaeology and Historical StudiesArts and Humanities5%
- Turkey's Politics and SocietySocial Sciences4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.15OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 10.1%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 946 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 42 | 7 | 6 |
| 2024 | 35 | 6 | 10 |
| 2023 | 44 | 16 | 19 |
| 2022 | 39 | 5 | 23 |
| 2021 | 41 | 4 | 46 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 2 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Brill
- ISSN
- 1609-8498
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-384X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Iran and the Caucasus
What CAS zone is Iran and the Caucasus in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Iran and the Caucasus is in Zone 4 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Iran and the Caucasus?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Iran and the Caucasus is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Iran and the Caucasus open access, and what is the APC?
Iran and the Caucasus is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .