The Middle East Journal
The Middle East Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Middle East Institute (Washington, D.C.). It was established in 1947 and covers research on the modern Middle East, including political, economic, and social developments and historical events in North Africa, the Middle East, Caucasus, and Central Asia. 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 "[t]he 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: Abstracting and indexing. The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Book Review Index, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, EBSCO databases, Index Islamicus, International Political Science Abstracts, ProQuest databases, Scopus, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the "Journal Citation Reports", the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 0.605.