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Insights: the UKSG Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by United Kingdom Serials Group.
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ISSN 2048-7754Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: United Kingdom Serials Group
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library and Information Sciences | 119 / 296 | 59th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.
Insights: the UKSG Journal is Q2 in Library and Information Sciences (rank 119 of 296), by CiteScore 2025.
Insights: the UKSG Journal 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 2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 59th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.340, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 21.
Insights: the UKSG Journal is published by United Kingdom Serials Group. Its ISSN is 2048-7754.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Insights: the UKSG Journal has an h-index of 25 and a 2-year mean of 1.16 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #114 of 279 Scopus journals in Library and Information Sciences.
Insights: the UKSG Journal published 18 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 53. 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 77 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (38.6%), United States (18.8%) and Germany (3.7%).
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.
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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