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.
Past Editors Harvey P. Hall, 1947–1956. William Sands, 1956–1980. Richard B. Parker, 1981–1987. Jean Newsom, 1987–1990. Christopher Van Hollen Sr., 1990–1992. Eric Hooglund, 1992–1994. Mary-Jane Deeb, 1995–1998. Michael Collins Dunn, 1998–2018.
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 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 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.
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