About this journal
Aims and scope
The Journal of Modern Jewish Studies is internationally recognized and covers several disciplines including history, social studies, religion, thought, literature and the arts, from the early modern period to the present day. Published four times a year, it welcomes contributions from established and senior scholars, as well as encouraging work from younger scholars at the start of their academic careers. Each issue of the journal comprises research papers and reviews of scholarship in Jewish Studies. The journal has established an annual essay prize for scholars in the early stages of their careers.
The Journal of Modern Jewish Studies has wide regional coverage and chronological range. A collection of articles taken from a number of issues has been published as a book, Sites of Jewish Memory: Jews in and from Islamic Lands (2014).
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
What distinguishes the Journal of Modern Jewish Studies from other Jewish studies journals is that it is quite broad in scope and that it boldly tackles controversial themes andissues. Anyone interested in the most up-to-date debates in the field will not be able to ignore this young Jewish Studies journal.”
Professor Y. Michal Bodemann, University of Toronto
As a new editor of a journal, I can now see just how much effort, talent, and ingenuity Glenda Abramson puts into the Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, and can’t help but admire the results. It has rapidly become a vital part of the field.
Jeremy Dauber, Columbia University, co-editor, Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literature
The Journal of Modern Jewish Studies has distinguished itself as a high-quality and academically rigorous meeting ground for interdisciplinary, innovative and contemporary research on different aspects and dimensions of the modern Jewish experience.
Maoz Azaryahu, University of Haifa
The Journal of Modern Jewish Studies contains articles on unique and interesting facets of Jewish and Israeli life not found in other publications. At the same time, it maintains high standards through the employment of innovative and up-to-date comparative and interdisciplinary methodology. It contributes not only to the study of Judaism and Israeli society, but also to the theoretical understanding of collective memory, political cultural, citizen/state relations, social communication and other topics which head the contemporary agenda of the social sciences and humanities. On this account, I recommend this journal not only as a forum for the understanding of Judaism and Israel, but also as an original intellectual arena for political scientists, sociologists and students and researchers of culture. Here they will find interesting theoretical ideas on Israeli society and Jewish life.”
Udi Lebel Ben Gurion Research Institute at Sde Boker, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Journal metrics
Usage
- 32K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.4 (2023) Impact Factor
- 0.5 (2023) 5 year IF
- 0.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.644 (2023) SNIP
- 0.119 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 30 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 12 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 73% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief:
Yaron Peleg - University of Cambridge, UK
E-mail: [email protected]
Editor:
Eran Kaplan - San Francisco State University, USA
E-mail: [email protected]
Managing Editor:
Karina Stern - Oxford
E-mail: [email protected]
Founding Editor:
Glenda Abramson - University of Oxford, UK
Associate Editors:
Michael Berkowitz - UCL, UK
Susannah Heschel - Dartmouth College, USA
Derek Penslar - Harvard, USA
Reviews Editor:
Karina Stern - Oxford
E-mail: [email protected]
Editorial Advisory Board:
Avril Alba - University of Sydney, Australia
Carmela Avidar - Hebrew University, UK
Michael Brenner - University of Munich, Germany
Alain Dieckhoff - Sciences Po Paris, Centre for International Studies, Paris, France
Efrat Gal-Ed - Heinrich Heine Universitet, Germany
Jonathan Gribetz - Princeton University, USA
Andrea Pappas - Santa Clara University, USA
David Rechter - University of Oxford, UK
Hizky Shoham - Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Marcella Simoni - Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy
Lihong Song - University of Nanjing, China
Ilan Stavans - Amherst College, USA
Zoë Waxman - Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Daniel H. Weiss - University of Cambridge, UK
Yaacov Yadgar - University of Oxford, UK
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/Indexed in:
C S A Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts); Current Abstracts; Index to Jewish Periodicals; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts; OCLC; Sociological Abstracts; SCOPUS; Emerging Sources Citation Index (ECSI).
Open access
Journal of Modern Jewish Studies is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
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- Special subscription rate of US$32/£19/€26 for members of AHA, BAJS & EAJS. Contact +44 (0)20 7017 5543 or [email protected] to subscribe.
Society information
Members of the following groups can receive an individual print subscription to Journal of Modern Jewish Studies at a special society member rate. Contact +44 (0)20 8052 0501 or [email protected] to subscribe
- American Historical Association (AHA)
- British Association for Jewish Studies (BAJS)
- European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS)
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