Journal of Near Eastern Studies

Journal of Near Eastern Studies is published by University of Chicago Press and is in Zone 2 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Archaeology and Historical Studies, Ancient Near East History and Ancient Egypt and Archaeology, together about 53% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Frequency: 2 issues/year ISSN: 0022-2968 E-ISSN: 1545-6978 2025 CiteScore*: 1.5 Ranked #267 out of 1,434 “Cultural Studies” journals; and ranked #73 out of 388 “Archeology” journals The Journal of Near Eastern Studies (JNES) is devoted to the study of the civilizations of the Near East from prehistory to the early modern period. JNES embraces a uniquely broad scope of time, place, and topic, including contributions from scholars of international reputation on topics in Assyriology, Egyptology, Hittitology, Hebrew Bible, and adjacent ancient studies, as well as a second area of emphasis in early, medieval, and early-modern Islamic studies. The disciplinary range of the journal runs from history and language to religion and literature to archaeology and art history. Every issue includes new scholarly work as well as a book review section, which provides a critical overview of new publications by emerging and established scholars. View content coverage periods and institutional full-run subscription rates for the Journal of Near Eastern Studies. Press ReleasesMedia University of Chicago Press journals earn top rankings in 2024 indices August 8, 2025 University of Chicago Press journals earn top rankings in 2023 indices September 17, 2024 “Forgotten city:” the identification of Dura-Europos’ neglected sister site in Syria April 18, 2024 All press releases How the Groundbreaking Suez Canal Forever Transformed the World's Shipping Routes Read the Journal of Near Eastern Studies article cited in Smithsonian Magazine December 10, 2024 Paleo-Arabic inscriptions on rock were made by Prophet Muhammad's unconverted companion, study finds Read the Journal of Near Eastern Studies article cited in Yahoo! News August 8, 2024 Ancient city was destroyed by ISIS. Now, its mirror image found in ‘forgotten’ ruins Read the Journal of Near Eastern Studies article cited in AOL May 24, 2024 All media

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

1.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

1.5Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.44LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

2.71LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

67OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

620OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.44OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

16LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

University of Chicago Press

ISSN

0022-2968

Electronic ISSN

1545-6978

Official links

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