Journal of Islamic Manuscripts

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Islamic Manuscripts (JIM) explores the crucial importance of the handwritten book in the Muslim world.

It is concerned with the written transmission of knowledge, the numerous varieties of Islamic book culture and the materials and techniques of bookmaking, namely codicology.

It also considers activities related to the care and management of Islamic manuscript collections, including cataloguing, conservation and digitization.

It is the Journal’s ambition to provide students and scholars, librarians and collectors – in short, everyone who is interested in Islamic manuscripts – with a professional journal and functional platform of their own.

It welcomes contributions in English, French and Arabic on codicology, textual studies, manuscript collections and collection care and management.

Papers will be peer-reviewed to maintain a high scholarly level.

The Journal of Islamic Manuscripts is published on behalf of the Islamic Manuscript Association Limited, an international non-profit organization dedicated to protecting Islamic manuscripts and supporting those who work with them.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.116

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	27685

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	15

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
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• 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.

• Inks in the Islamic Manuscripts of Northern Nigeria Old Recipes, Modern Analysis and Medicine

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Michaelle

• Thresholds of Interpretation on the Threshold of Change: Paratexts in Late 19th-century Javanese Manuscripts

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Ronit

• Cum grano salis. Some Arabic Ink Recipes in Their Historical and Literary Context

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Lucia

• The Neglect Neglected. To Point or Not to Point, That is the Question

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Jan Just

• The Sālim Bin YaÊ¿qÅ«b Ibāḍī Manuscript Library in Jerba, Tunisia

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Paul M.

• Early Arabic Bookmaking Techniques as Described by al-RāzÄ« in His Recently Rediscovered ZÄ«nat al-Katabah

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Mahmoud

• Arabic documents from the Cairo Geniza in the David Kaufmann Collection in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences—Budapest 1

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Anne

• A New Document in the Early History of the Qurʾān

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Morteza

• The Lives and Afterlives of the Library of the Maronite Physician Ḥannā al-ṬabÄ«b (c. 1702–1775) from Aleppo

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Feras

• Une chronique de Zabid et du Yémen jusqu’en 1562: le manuscrit OR. 2545 de Sofia (Bulgarie)

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Stoyanka

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