Contemporary Levant

Aims & Scope

Contemporary Levant is an international peer-reviewed, multi disciplinary journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), a British Academy-sponsored institute.

The journal publishes original research on contemporary politics, society and culture in the Levant region, its diasporas and neighbouring countries that have a clear relevance to it.

The journal aims to foster research agendas that engage with and reflect current and emerging issues in the region.

With the aim of maintaining a balance between empirical research and theoretical developments, the journal welcomes scholarly contributions from various disciplines including: anthropology, sociology, politics, religion and theology, cultural studies, modern history, social geography, media, film studies and literature.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22453

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	23

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.180

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	11

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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 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.

• Climate migrants as protestors? Dispelling misconceptions about global environmental change in pre-revolutionary Syria

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Christiane J.

• Whose ‘reality’? Discourses and hydropolitics along the Yarmouk River

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Hussam

• The collapse of social networks among Syrian refugees in urban Jordan

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Matthew R.

• ‘The violence we live in’: reading and experiencing violence in the field

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Lamia

• Prejudice, military intelligence, and neoliberalism: examining the local within archaeology and heritage practices in Jordan

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Shatha, Riham

• Involuntary history: writing Levantines into the nation

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Toufoul

• The master cockroach: scrap metal and Syrian labour in Beirut’s informal economy

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Elizabeth

• Being, doing and knowing in the field: reflections on ethnographic practice in the Arab region

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Samar, Zina

• The symbolic construction of national identity and belonging in Syrian nationalist songs (from 1970 to 2007)

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Rahaf

• Developing Petra: UNESCO, the World Bank, and America in the desert

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Lynn, Christina

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