Shofar

Aims & Scope

Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies is a triannual publication that produces original, peer-reviewed scholarly articles, issues on special topics, book forums, review essays, and the occasional forum on Contemporary Critical Jewish Studies.

Shofar reaches an international readership with an impressive range of reliably robust offerings primarily in modern history, literature, culture, and the arts.

Shofar's special issues have covered a wide range of timely subjects, including Diaspora and exile in modern Jewish culture, the transcultural generation in Israeli literature, race and Jews in America, and Holocaust and genocide cinema.

Under the guidance of co-editors Glenn Dynner and Ranen Omer-Sherman and a prestigious international editorial board of multidisciplinary scholars, Shofar enlivens the field of Jewish Studies through rigorously researched and vetted exciting new research, offering an attractive venue for scholars to disseminate their work in an influential and widely cited journal.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.119

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	7

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	27381

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	20

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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.

• Sexual Violence during the Holocaust: The Case of Forced Prostitution in the Warsaw Ghetto

  Citation: 9

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• Jewish “Diasporic Humor” and Contemporary Jewish-American Identity

  Citation: 5

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• Fantastical Autography in Asaf Hanuka's <em>The Realist</em>

  Citation: 3

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• Feminists in the Temple of Orthodoxy: The Struggle of the Women of the Wall to Change the Status Quo

  Citation: 3

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• <em>Kol Isha</em>: Malka Zipora's <em>Lekhaim</em> as the Voice of the Hasidic Woman in Quebec

  Citation: 3

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• Nihilism, Modernity and the “Jewish Spirit”: Margarete Susman's Transvaluation of a Fin-de-Siècle Trope

  Citation: 3

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• The Shape of Time in Microfiction: Alex Epstein and the Search for Lost Time

  Citation: 2

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• "Was I afraid to get up and speak my mind? No, I wasn't": The Feminism and Art of Jewish Orthodox and Haredi Women. An Introduction

  Citation: 2

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• The First Female Qadi in Israel's Shari`a (Muslim) Courts: Nomos and Narrative

  Citation: 2

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