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Action Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.8), ABS / AJG 1, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 1476-7503Verify ISSN ↗1741-2617Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,650 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 237 / 1530 | 84th | Q1 |
| Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management | 95 / 254 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Strategy and Management | 214 / 506 | 57th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2003–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.8.
Action Research is Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 237 of 1530), Q2 in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (rank 95 of 254) and Q2 in Strategy and Management (rank 214 of 506), by CiteScore 2025.
Action Research is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 84th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.545, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 55.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,650 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Action Research is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1476-7503 and its online ISSN is 1741-2617.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Organisation Studies field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Action Research has an h-index of 68 and a 2-year mean of 1.63 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #359 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Action Research published 37 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 69. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 94 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (24.3%), United Kingdom (12.9%) and Canada (11%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (2.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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