Contemporary Islam

Aims & Scope

Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life focuses on topical issues and takes an interdisciplinary approach that benefits from a cross-cultural perspective: articles will explore the relationship between Islam and its contemporary cultural, material, gender, economic, political, and religious expressions from different socio-scientific perspectives, such as anthropology, sociology, education, politics, international relations, ethnomusicology, arts, film studies, economics, human rights, international law, diaspora minority studies, demography, and ethics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13751

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	95

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.401

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	26

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	1.00

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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
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and 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.

• Media representations of British Muslims and hybridised threats to identity

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Rusi, Marco

• The making of public Islam: piety, agency, and commodification on the landscape of the Indonesian public sphere

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Noorhaidi

• Muslims and ecology: fostering Islamic environmental ethics

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Arthur

• The construction of the homosexual ‘other’ by British Muslim heterosexuals

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Asifa

• Boredom and despair in rural Egypt

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Samuli

• Muslim women, middle class habitus, and modernity in Indonesia

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Rachel

• The Muslimwoman

  Citation: 41

  Authors: miriam

• ‘Out to get us’: queer Muslims and the clash of sexual civilisations in Australia

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Ibrahim

• Revisited: Muslim Women’s agency and feminist anthropology of the Middle East

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Sertaç

• Separate or together? Women-only public spaces and participation of Saudi women in the public domain in Saudi Arabia

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Annemarie

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