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Global Transitions is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by KeAi Communications Co..
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ISSN 2589-7918Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health (social science) | 67 / 387 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Development | 67 / 314 | 78th | Q1 |
| Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment | 155 / 345 | 55th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.1.
Global Transitions is Q1 in Health (social science) (rank 67 of 387), Q1 in Development (rank 67 of 314) and Q2 in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (rank 155 of 345), by CiteScore 2025.
Global Transitions 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 5.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.706, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 29.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$900 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.
Global Transitions is published by KeAi Communications Co. Its ISSN is 2589-7918.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Global Transitions has an h-index of 33 and a 2-year mean of 5.69 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #12 of 378 Scopus journals in Health (social science).
Global Transitions published 50 papers in 2025. 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 96 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from China (28%), India (7.8%) and Thailand (7.1%).
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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