Aims & Scope

Al-Masāq: 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-Masāq 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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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 0.2
2024 0.30

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 25454

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 0.138

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q2

Impact Factor Trend


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Quick Facts

Current Factor
0.2
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
0.138
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q2
First Published: 2024

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