The Middle East Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Middle East Institute (Washington, D.C.). It was established in 1947[1] and covers research on the modern Middle East, including political, economic, and social developments and historical events in North Africa, the Middle East, Caucasus, and Central Asia. Jacob Passel is the current editor.
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| Discipline | Middle Eastern studies |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Jacob Passel |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1947–present |
| Publisher | Middle East Institute (United States) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 0.605 (2015) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Middle East J. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0026-3141 (print) 1940-3461 (web) |
| LCCN | 48002240 |
| JSTOR | 00263141 |
| OCLC no. | 1607025 |
| Links | |
History
editThe Middle East Institute was founded in 1946 to promote the study of the region in a modern, policy-relevant context. From its outset, one of its priorities was "[t]he editing and publishing of an authoritative journal on Middle Eastern affairs."[2] Accordingly, the first issue of the journal appeared in January 1947.
Past Editors
edit- Harvey P. Hall, 1947–1956.[3]
- William Sands, 1956–1980.[3]
- Richard B. Parker, 1981–1987.[4]
- Jean Newsom, 1987–1990.[3]
- Christopher Van Hollen Sr., 1990–1992.[3]
- Eric Hooglund, 1992–1994.[3]
- Mary-Jane Deeb, 1995–1998.[3]
- Michael Collins Dunn, 1998–2018.
Current Contributors
editJacob Passel is the current editor. The current Book Review Editor is John Calabrese.
The Board of Advisory Editors include:
- Madawi Al-Rasheed
- Omar Ashour
- Henri Barkey
- Sheila Carapico
- Michael Collins Dunn
- Anoush Ehteshami
- Jean-Pierre Filiu
- F. Gregory Gause, III
- Michael M. Gunter
- Steven Heydemann
- J. N. C. Hill
- Frederic C. Hof
- Marc Lynch
- J. E. Peterson
- Michael W. S. Ryan
- Sabri Sayarı
- Samer S. Shehata
- Gareth Stansfield
- Robert Springborg
- Gönül Tol
- Edward (Ned) Walker
- Marvin G. Weinbaum[5]
- Paul Salem
- Ross Harrison
Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is abstracted and indexed in the Book Review Index, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences,[6] EBSCO databases, Index Islamicus, International Political Science Abstracts, ProQuest databases, Scopus,[7] and the Social Sciences Citation Index.[6] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 0.605.[8]
References
edit- ^ Elisabeth Gayon (1985). "Guide documentaire de l'étudiant et du chercheur en science politique". In Madeleine Grawitz [in French]; Jean Leca [in French] (eds.). Traité de science politique (in French). Presses Universitaires de France. p. 305. ISBN 2-13-038858-2.
- ^ "Note on the Middle East Institute". The Middle East Journal. 1 (1): 123–124. January 1947. JSTOR 4321853.123-124&rft.date=1947-01&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4321853#id-name=JSTOR&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:The Middle East Journal" class="Z3988">
- ^ a b c d e f Dunn, Michael Collins (Winter 2007). "Editor's Note: Sixty Years of The Middle East Journal". The Middle East Journal. 61 (1): 1–. JSTOR 4330353.
- ^ Dunn, Michael Collins (Spring 2011). "Editor's Note". The Middle East Journal. 65 (2): 193–195.193-195&rft.date=2011&rft.aulast=Dunn&rft.aufirst=Michael Collins&rft_id=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/119/article/441207/pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:The Middle East Journal" class="Z3988">
- ^ Dunn, Michael Collins (2018-01-15). "Editor's Note". The Middle East Journal. 72 (1): 8. doi:10.3751/72.1.1.
- ^ a b "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ "Content overview". Scopus. Elsevier. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
- ^ "Middle East Journal". 2015 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2016.