Aims & Scope
Al-MasÄq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean is a peer reviewed, international journal covering all aspects of Mediterranean societies and cultures from the fifth to the fifteenth centuries CE.
As the journal of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean, it aims to foster cross-cultural and inter-disciplinary investigation, encouraging debate on the intercommunal and transregional crosspollination within the Medieval Mediterranean, and promoting innovatory research.
Al-MasÄq covers a varied range of topics, including: • Transmission and communication of culture in the Mediterranean • Islam in medieval European writings • Mediterranean art and architecture • Material Culture in the Mediterranean • Seafaring and coastal communities • Archaeology • Hagiography, sermons and related literature • Conversion: Jewish, Christian and Islamic • Crusades, the Latin East • Gender and the Mediterranean • Islam in Spain and Sicily • Norman Sicily • Byzantium • Orthodox Christianity • Monasticism and religious life • Government and warfare • Medicine, science and technology • Military history • Concepts of identity in the Mediterranean • Geography and settlement studies • Historical writing • Archives and resources • Mediterranean economies • Mediterranean Languages and literatures • Mediterranean Connections and Communities.
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Impact Factor
Year | Value |
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2025 | 0.2 |
2024 | 0.30 |
Journal Rank
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2024 | 25454 |
Journal Citation Indicator
Year | Value |
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2024 | 20 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
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2024 | 0.138 |
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2024 | Q2 |
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Most Cited Articles
The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.
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From Africa to Ifrīqiya: Settlement and Society in Early Medieval North Africa (650–800)
Citation: 31
Authors: Corisande
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Ostrich Eggs and Peacock Feathers: Sacred Objects as Cultural Exchange between Christianity and Islam
Citation: 16
Authors: Nile
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The Almohads and the Qur’Än of Uthm Än: The Legacy of the Umayyads of Cordoba in the Twelfth Century Maghrib
Citation: 13
Authors: Amira K.
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Sicily in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries AD: A Case of Persisting Economic Complexity?
Citation: 12
Authors: Emanuele
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Late Antique North Africa: Production and Changing Use of Buildings in Urban Areas
Citation: 11
Authors: ANNA
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The Re-creation of Medieval Arabo-Andalusian Music in Modern Performance
Citation: 8
Authors: Dwight
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Diplomatic correspondence between Byzantium and the Mamlūk Sultanate in the fourteenth century
Citation: 8
Authors: Dimitri A.
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The <i>Visitatio Sepulchri</i> in the Latin Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
Citation: 7
Authors: Iris