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Countries Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5), DOAJ. Published by University of Tehran.
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ISSN 2980-9193Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Tehran
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 1210 / 1530 | 20th | Q4 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 700 / 755 | 7th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2023–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.
Countries Studies is Q4 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1210 of 1530) and Q4 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 700 of 755), by CiteScore 2025.
Countries Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4, 20th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.333, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 3.
Countries Studies is published by University of Tehran. Its ISSN is 2980-9193.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Countries Studies has an h-index of 0 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #1,360 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
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.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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