Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication
ISSN 1873-9857 · eISSN 1873-9865 · Brill
Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 20 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication is published by Brill and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Middle East Politics and Society, Media Studies and Communication and Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts, together about 32.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Middle East Politics and SocietySocial Sciences15.9%
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences8.8%
- Middle East and Rwanda ConflictsSocial Sciences8.2%
- Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSocial Sciences6.8%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities5.2%
- Media Discourse and Social AnalysisSocial Sciences4.8%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
- Cultural Studies and ColonialismArts and Humanities3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | Q1 | 343/1434 | 76th |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 230/692 | 66th |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q3 | 833/1530 | 45th |
| Political Science and International Relations | Q3 | 406/745 | 45th |
| Communication | Q3 | 301/541 | 44th |
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 13.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 459 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 2 | 143 |
| 2025 | 20 | 5 | 232 |
| 2024 | 20 | 6 | 184 |
| 2023 | 26 | 16 | 256 |
| 2022 | 38 | 22 | 147 |
| 2021 | 22 | 2 | 312 |
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
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
- 1873-9857
- Electronic ISSN
- 1873-9865
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication
What CAS zone is Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication open access, and what is the APC?
Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .