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Information Retrieval Series is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.6). Published by Springer International Publishing.
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ISSN 1871-7500Verify ISSN ↗2730-6836Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library and Information Sciences | 139 / 296 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Information Systems | 336 / 519 | 35th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2023–2025 (also 2020–2021, 2005), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.6.
Information Retrieval Series is Q2 in Library and Information Sciences (rank 139 of 296) and Q3 in Information Systems (rank 336 of 519), by CiteScore 2025.
Information Retrieval Series 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 1.6, quartile Q2, 53rd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Information Retrieval Series is published by Springer International Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1871-7500 and its online ISSN is 2730-6836.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Information Retrieval Series has an h-index of 1 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #244 of 279 Scopus journals in Library and Information Sciences.
Information Retrieval Series published 9 papers in 2006. 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.
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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