Jewish Culture and History

Aims & Scope

Jewish Culture and History is an inter-disciplinary journal which brings together the best of current research in Jewish social history with innovative work in Jewish cultural studies.

The journal includes cutting-edge research by younger scholars as well as established specialists, as well as reviews of recent publications.

The journal explores previously neglected areas of the Jewish experience from a range of different perspectives including Jewish popular culture, social and political history, literary and cultural representation of Jews, and the global contexts of Jewish culture and history.

All articles published in the journal have undergone rigorous peer-review, involving initial editor screening and double-blind refereeing.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.130

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	6

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	26332

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	18

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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.

• The Port Jews of Livorno and their Global Networks of Trade in the Early Modern Period

  Citation: 14

  Authors: FRANCESCA

• Fields of Tension: Development Dynamics at the Port-City Interface

  Citation: 11

  Authors: BRIAN

• Black and White, Blue and White and Beyond the Pale: Ethiopian Jews and the Discourse of Colour in Israel

  Citation: 9

  Authors: STEVEN

• Port Jews and the Three Regions of Emancipation

  Citation: 8

  Authors: DAVID

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Suburbs: Social Change in Anglo-Jewry Between the Wars, 1914–1945

  Citation: 6

  Authors: DAVID

• ‘A birthday party, only a little bigger’: a historical anthropology of the Israeli bat mitzvah

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Hizky

• The Medieval Jewish Cemetery at Jewbury, York

  Citation: 6

  Authors: JANE

• ‘Women of Vision’ in the Jewish Renewal Movement: The<i>Eshet Hazon</i>[‘Woman of Vision’] Ceremony

  Citation: 6

  Authors: CHAVA

• ‘From Gaza to the Streets of Britain’: British social media coverage of the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Adam

• Thinking about ‘the Jew’ in Modern Spain: Historiography, Nationalism and Anti-semitism

  Citation: 5

  Authors: MAITE OJEDA

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