''The Middle East Journal'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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published by the Middle East Institute (

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). It was established in 1947 and covers research on the modern

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, including political, economic, and social developments and historical events in

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, the

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, and

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. Jacob Passel is the current editor.

History

The Middle East Institute was founded in 1946 to promote the study of the region in a modern, policy-relevant context. From its outset, one of its priorities was " e editing and publishing of an authoritative journal on Middle Eastern affairs." Accordingly, the first issue of the journal appeared in January 1947.

Current Contributors

Jacob Passel is the current editor. The current Book Review Editor is John Calabrese. The Board of Advisory Editors include: * Madawi Al-Rasheed * Omar Ashour * Henri Barkey * Sheila Carapico * Michael Collins Dunn * Anoush Ehteshami * Jean-Pierre Filiu * F. Gregory Gause, III * Michael M. Gunter * Steven Heydemann * J. N. C. Hill * Frederic C. Hof * Marc Lynch * J. E. Peterson * Michael W. S. Ryan * Sabri Sayarı * Samer S. Shehata *

Gareth Stansfield Gareth Robert Vincent Stansfield (born 26 October 1973) is a British academic, currently Professor of Middle East Studies and Al-Qasimi Chair of Arab Gulf Studies at Exeter University. Biography Stansfield was educated at Hulme Grammar School, f ...

* Robert Springborg * Gönül Tol * Edward (Ned) Walker * Marvin G. Weinbaum *Paul Salem *Ross Harrison

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the

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/Social & Behavioral Sciences, EBSCO databases,

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, International Political Science Abstracts, ProQuest databases,

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, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2015

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of 0.605.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Middle East Journal, The Middle Eastern studies in the United States Middle Eastern studies journals Quarterly journals Publications established in 1947 1947 establishments in Washington, D.C. English-language journals