Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Journal of Cuneiform Studies
ISSN 0022-0256 · eISSN 2325-6737 · University of Chicago Press
Journal of Cuneiform Studies: subscription journal; 12 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2016 (Volume 68): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Cuneiform Studies is published by University of Chicago Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ancient Near East History, Biblical Studies and Interpretation and Ancient Egypt and Archaeology, together about 74.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology and Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to initiate, encourage, and support research into, and public understanding of, the history and cultures of the Near East and wider Mediterranean world, from the earliest times.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Editor-in-chief Piotr MichalowskiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ancient Near East HistoryArts and Humanities33.6%
- Biblical Studies and InterpretationArts and Humanities25.1%
- Ancient Egypt and ArchaeologyArts and Humanities16.2%
- Language, Linguistics, Cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities5.5%
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesArts and Humanities3.8%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities3.5%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences2.8%
- Classical Studies and PhilologyArts and Humanities2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q1 | 418/1936 | 78th |
| Archeology (arts and humanities) | Q2 | 147/462 | 68th |
| Archeology | Q2 | 140/388 | 64th |
| Language and Linguistics | Q2 | 417/1137 | 63rd |
| Linguistics and Language | Q2 | 506/1221 | 58th |
| Anthropology | Q2 | 263/536 | 51st |
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
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 291OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.18OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,393 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 2 | 180 |
| 2025 | 12 | 3 | 304 |
| 2024 | 11 | 0 | 681 |
| 2023 | 15 | 5 | 300 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2 | 805 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1 | 293 |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- ISSN
- 0022-0256
- Electronic ISSN
- 2325-6737
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 68 (2016)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Cuneiform Studies
Which databases index Journal of Cuneiform Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Cuneiform Studies is indexed in Scopus.
Is Journal of Cuneiform Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Cuneiform Studies 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: .