Contemporary Arab Affairs

Aims & Scope

Contemporary Arab Affairs is the international quarterly journal of the Centre for Arab Unity Studies.

It is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality and original research from and on the Arab region.

Contemporary Arab Affairs seeks to publish work by specialists, policy experts, and scholars from the Arab world or those who have academic interest in the region.

Drawing on the expertise of the Centre for Arab Unity Studies, a well-established publisher of research in Arabic, Contemporary Arab Affairs has the objective to publish and circulate authentic research and studies originally produced in Arabic by Arab researchers and intellectuals and make them available to a global international audience and with the aim of promoting constructive dialogue between Arabs and the West.

Any opinions and views expressed in Contemporary Arab Affairs are the opinions and views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of or are endorsed by the Centre for Arab Unity Studies and University of California Press.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.185

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	14

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22126

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	26

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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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.

• Spacio-cide: colonial politics, invisibility and rezoning in Palestinian territory

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Sari

• The Arab revolutions; the emergence of a new political subjectivity

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Sari

• Rethinking Palestine: settler-colonialism, neo-liberalism and individualism in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Jamil

• Lack of foreign aid effectiveness in developing countries between a hammer and an anvil

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Moosa

• The Palestinian States of Exception and Agamben

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Nurhan

• Small farmers and the revolution in Egypt: the forgotten actors

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Saker El

• Post-Qadhafi Libya: interactive dynamics and the political future

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Youssef Mohammad

• Open public data (OPD) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): challenges and prospects

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Stuti

• The culture of rent, factionalism, and corruption: a political economy of rent in the Arab World

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Ziad

• ‘Suleiman: Mubarak decided to step down #egypt #jan25 OH MY GOD’: examining the use of social media in the 2011 Egyptian revolution

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Genevieve

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