As the second year of the publication of the Journal of Country Studies draws to a close, a brief report on the status of articles submitted to the journal from spring 2023 to January 2025 is presented. This report aims to further introduce the journal to the academic community and serve as a guiding light for its planners and stakeholders, helping them more effectively and efficiently deliver the latest research findings of scholars to the academic audience.
The Journal of Country Studies published its first issue in spring 2023 with a quarterly frequency (four issues per year, totaling eight issues and 50 articles in 2023 and 2024). Currently (January 2025), 63 published articles are available on the journal's website. The latest issue, Volume 3, Issue 1, is from spring 2025, and five complete articles are in Article in Press. Tables 1 to 3 provide statistical details about the journal's status.
Table 1. Statistics of articles published in the Journal of Country Studies as of January 2025
|
Year |
Number of published articles |
Number of issues |
Number of pages |
|
2023 |
25 |
4, Special issue of Russo-Ukraine War, Winter 2024 |
697 pp in Persian 147 pp in English |
|
2024 |
25 |
4, Special issue of BRICS, Summer 2024 |
678 pp in Persian 165 pp in English |
|
2025… |
13… |
1; 5 articles in Press; Call for paper for Special issue about Developments and Prospects of Iran's Relations with Countries around the World |
… |
Table 2. Statistics of articles received and published until January 2025
|
Article view |
25,753 |
Number of submissions |
223 |
|
PDF download |
18,683 |
Rejected submissions |
152 |
|
View per article |
422.18 |
Rejection rate |
68 |
|
PDF download per article |
306.28 |
Acceptance rate |
27 |
Table 3. Statistics of authors and types of articles published in the Journal of Country Studies until January 2025
|
Year |
Number of authors |
Geographical distribution of authors* |
Type of articles |
Subject (number) |
Subject area (number)** |
|
2023 |
49 |
Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran (1 author, 2 articles) Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran (1 author, 1 article) Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran (2 authors, 1 article) Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran (3 authors, 1 article) Monetary and Banking Research Institute, Iran (5 authors, 2 articles) School of International Relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran (2 authors, 1 article) Shahid Beheshti University, Iran (2 authors, 2 articles) Sharif University of Technology, Iran (1 author, 1 article) Tarbiat Modares University, Iran (8 authors, 3 articles) University of Isfahan, Iran (1 author, 1 article) University of Tehran, Iran (22 authors, 12 articles) |
23 Original articles, 1 Editor-in-Chief Lecture, 1 Case study. |
Culture (3), Economics (1), Interdisciplinary (5), Multidisciplinary (2), Politics (3), Sociology (1). |
Afghanistan (1), United Kingdom (2), Chin (1), France (2), Germany (1), Iran (10), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Oman (1), OPEC (1), Russo-Ukraine War (6), USA (2). |
|
2024 |
47 |
Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran (8 authors, 5 articles) Baku State University, Azarbaijan (2 authors, 1 article) Energy Centre Skolkovo, Russia (1 author, 1 article) Farhangian University, Iran (1 author, 1 article) Gaziantep Univeristy, Turkey (1 author, 1 article) Institute for Trade Studies and Research, Iran (4 authors, 2 articles) Islamic Parliament Research Center (IPRC), Iran (1 author, 1 article) Public Joint Stock Company, Russia (1 author, 1 article) Shahid Beheshti University, Iran (1 author, 1 article) Switzerland (1 author, 1 article) Tarbiat Modares University, Iran (6 authors, 3 articles) University of Cooperasiya, Azarbaijan (1 author, 1 article) University of Isfahan, Iran (1 author, 1 article) University of Kufa, Iraq (1 author, 1 article) University of Mazandaran, Iran (2 authors, 1 article) University of Tehran, Iran (13 authors, 10 articles) University of Tor Vergata, Italy (2 authors, 1 article) |
21 Original articles, 2 Review article, 1 Short paper, 1 Editor-in-Chief Lecture. |
Culture (1), Economics (6), Interdisciplinary (4), Multidisciplinary (3), Politics (1). |
Azarbaijan (1), BRICS (6), Caucasus (1), Countries worldwide (1), D8 (1), ECO (1), Egypt (1), France (3), Germany (1), Iran (10), Qatar (1), Russia (2), Russo-Ukraine War (2), Saudi Arabia (1) Spain (1) Ukraine (1). |
|
2025 (Until January) |
29 |
Allame Tabatbaei University, Iran (2 authors, 1 article) Ayatollah Boroujerdi University, Iran (1 author, 1 article) Baku State University, Azarbaijan (1 author, 1 article) Imam Sadiq University, Iran (1 author, 1 article) Institution-ARKK Economics & Data, Nigeria (1 author, 1 article) Institute for Trade Studies and Research, Iran (3 authors, 1 articles) Kharazmi University, Iran (3 authors, 2 articles) National University of Skills (NUS), Iran (1 author, 1 article) Shahrood branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran (2 authors, 1 article) University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy (1 author, 1 article) University of Guilan, Iran (3 authors, 1 article) University of Tehran, Iran (10 authors, 5 articles) |
9 Original articles, 1 Applied article, 1 Case study, 1 Short paper. |
Economics (4), Interdisciplinary (1), Multidisciplinary (1), Politics (1). |
Afghanistan (1) Belarus (1) Britain (1) China (3) Countries worldwide (1), EU (1) Japan (2) Iran (4) Israel (1) Middle East (1) Moldova (1) PGCC (1) Russia (1) Ukraine (1) USA (1) |
* Authors may have co-authored an article. ** Multiple countries may be reviewed in one article.
The journal is indexed in seven databases, including DOAJ. According to Google Scholar (Figure 1), over two years since the journal's inception, articles published in the journal have been cited 24 times (Table 5).
Figure 1. Image of the Journal of Country Studies page on Google Scholar in January 1403
The most-viewed articles of this journal are listed in Table 4. A comparison of Tables 4 and 5 reveals that three of the five most-viewed articles (the top three in Table 4) have been cited; however, they do not necessarily rank among the most-cited articles.
The data in Table 5 and Figure 1 highlight another noteworthy point: it appears that even Persian-speaking researchers prioritize searching in English over Persian. Most citations are to the English equivalents of the articles, despite the Journal of Country Studies being a Persian-language journal with both short and extended abstracts in English. A search for the journal's articles in the Publish or Perish database further confirms this finding (Figure 2).
Although reputable indexing platforms such as DOAJ and Scopus evaluate and index journals in various languages—many of which are both highly viewed and frequently cited—within Persian-language domestic journals, there is a stronger emphasis on the English section compared to journals in other languages. This trend risks further weakening the corpus of scientific language in Persian, particularly if the proliferation of specialized terminology—especially in keywords, titles, and abstracts—is not addressed with proper editing and precision.
Table 4. Most viewed journal articles as of January 2025
|
Title |
Author(s) |
DOI |
Article view |
PDF download |
|
The impact of Ukraine war sanctions on India-Russia defense relations |
2,283 |
1,430 |
||
|
The experiment of political law-codifying in Naseri (Qajar) Era: Discourse analysis |
1,952 |
1,430 |
||
|
1,843 |
887 |
|||
|
An introduction to the experience of modern state building in the Qajar era |
1,730 |
841 |
||
|
China's de-dollarization policy and its impact on the hegemony of the US dollar |
Seyed Hamzeh Salehi, Seyed Masoud Mousavi Shafaee, Vali Golmohammadi, Amir Mohammad Haji-Yousefi |
972 |
514 |
Table 5. References given to journal articles as of January 2025
Figure 2. Search results for journal articles in the Publish or Perish database in January
2025
The journal’s specific attention to the references section during the peer review and editing stages is another critical factor aimed at strengthening the scientific framework and citations within the Journal of Country Studies.
In the coming year, the Journal of Country Studies will publish 8 articles in each issue, with the aim of increasing visibility and indexing in other international databases. It will accept articles from researchers and professors.
Zahra Jalalzade
Manager of Countries Studies