Mediterranean Studies

Aims & Scope

Mediterranean Studies is an international, peer-reviewed journal focusing on the Mediterranean region in all aspects and disciplines.

The journal’s interdisciplinary approach is particularly concerned with the ideas and ideals of Mediterranean cultures from antiquity to the present and the influence of these ideas beyond the region’s geographical boundaries.

Such varied and rich contributions make for vibrant conversations across several disciplines.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	<0.1
2024	0.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.113

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	28062

Journal Citation Indicator

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 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.

• Restructuring Female Religious Authority: State-Sponsored Women Religious Guides (<i>Murshidat</i>) and Scholars (<i>’Alimat</i>) in Contemporary Morocco

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Meriem

• Muslims in Norman Sicily: The Evidence of Imām al-MāzarÄ«'s Fatwās

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Sarah

• Women and Sufism: Religious Expression and the Political Sphere in Contemporary Morocco

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Meriem

• “You Turn Me into Nothing”: Reformation of Queenship on the Jacobean Stage

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Gaywyn

• Navigating Modernity: Lessons in Government and Statecraft in Precolonial Morocco

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Etty

• Identity in the Medieval Mediterranean World of Merchants and Pirates

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Kathryn

• The New Mediterranean Studies: A Mediator between Area Studies and Global Studies

  Citation: 5

  Authors: John

• Roger II of Sicily: Rex, Basileus, and Khalif? Identity, Politics, and Propaganda in the Cappella Palatina

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Karen C.

• The Blackness Within: Early Modern Color-Concept, Physiology and Aaron the Moor in Shakespeare's <i>Titus Andronicus</i>

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Margaux

• Mediterranean Agriculture, Ecology, and Law: Creating a New Non-state Actor to Counteract Agro-ecological Collapse in the Mediterranean Basin

  Citation: 5

  Authors: John W., Kate, Jon

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