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Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Frontiers Media SA.
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Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 149 / 744 | 80th | Q1 |
| Library and Information Sciences | 75 / 296 | 74th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.8.
Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics is Q1 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 149 of 744) and Q2 in Library and Information Sciences (rank 75 of 296), by CiteScore 2025.
Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 3.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 80th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.495, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 29.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,418 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.
Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics is published by Frontiers Media SA. Its ISSN is 2504-0537.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics has an h-index of 37 and a 2-year mean of 3.79 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #36 of 703 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (miscellaneous).
Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics published 59 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 100. 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 (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (8.8%), China (5.9%) and Türkiye (5.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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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