Performing Islam

Aims & Scope

Emerging from an international network project funded by the British Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economics and Social Research Council, and research collaboration between academics and practitioners, Performing Islam is the first double-blind peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal about Islam and performance and their related aesthetics.

It focuses on socio-cultural as well as the historical and political contexts of artistic practices in the Muslim world.

The journal covers dance, ritual, theatre, performing arts, visual arts and cultures, and popular entertainment in Islam-influenced societies and their diasporas.

It promotes insightful research of performative expressions of Islam by performers and publics, and encompasses theoretical debates, empirical studies, postgraduate research, interviews with performers, research notes and queries, and reviews of books, conferences, festivals, events and performances.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.104

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29204

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1

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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, 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.

• British Muslim Converts Performing 'Authentic Muslimness'

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Leon

• Performing belief and reviving Islam: Prominent (white male) converts in Muslim revival conventions

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Mahdi

• Jihad through ‘music’: The Taliban and Hizbullah

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Joseph

• Creating a Sufi soundscape: Recitation (dhikr) and audition (samā’) according to Ahmad KāsānÄ« DahbÄ«dÄ« (d. 1542)

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Alexandre

• Against ethnomusicology: Language performance and the social impact of ritual performance in Islam

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Michael

• The politics of pity and the individual heroine syndrome: Mukhtaran Mai and Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Fawzia

• Social media and whirling dervishes: Countering UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Sheenagh

• Performing dhikr above a nightclub: the interplay of commerce and spirituality at the Fez Festival of Sufi Culture

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Nina Ter

• Introduction: ‘Sounding Islam in China’

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Rachel, Maria

• Sacred pleasure, pain and transformation in African Indian Sidi Sufi ritual and performance

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Amy

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