International Journal of Persian Literature

Aims & Scope

International Journal of Persian Literature is a peer-reviewed journal with a novel focus on Persian poetics, poetry, classical Persian philology, prose, and the literature of Iran and the broader geographical areas.

The journal aims to examine how Persian has functioned as literary and cultural language, traversing the geographies of South, West, and Central Asia, including present day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan,Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, the Caucasus, and Southeast Asia.

Published annually, this journal aims to create an international dialogue and forum for Persian literary culture in Iran and these wider geographical areas, while encouraging interdisciplinary interventions.

The journal is published in association with the Middle East Centre, St.

Antony's College, University of Oxford.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	<0.1
2024	0.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29541

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.102

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	4

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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, 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.

• The Fusion of Mysticism and Politics in Khomeini’s Quatrains

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Diede

• Persian in Use: An Elementary Textbook of Language and Culture

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Musa, Abolhassani

• Rabindranath Tagore’s Syncretistic Philosophy and the Persian Sufi Tradition

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Leonard

• Politics of Language in Video Games: Identity and Representations of Iran

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Siavash Rafiee

• Cultural Linguistics and Poetry: The Case of Khayyām’s <i>Rubā’iyyāt</i>

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Farzad

• Zahrā KhānÅ«m Tāj al-Salá¹­ana and Mary Wollstonecraft: A Comparative Study of “Memoirs of Tāj al-Salá¹­ana” and “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Behrooz, Esmaeil

• Iranian Strategic Culture and “Ways of War” : The Role of Local Concepts and Narratives of “Game” and “Play”

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Mohammadbagher

• The Translatability of Hāfiẓian Love Ghazals

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Michael Craig

• “The Houses of the Tulips”: Persian Poetry on the Fallen in the Iran–Iraq War

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Ali-Asghar

• The Fluidity of Iranian-Armenian Identity in Zoya Pirzad’s <i>Things Left Unsaid</i>

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Claudia

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