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International Journal of Circumpolar Health is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.2), WoS SCIE/SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 1239-9736Verify ISSN ↗2242-3982Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health (social science) | 146 / 387 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 316 / 725 | 56th | Q2 |
| Epidemiology | 83 / 173 | 52nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1997–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.2.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health is Q2 in Health (social science) (rank 146 of 387), Q2 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 316 of 725) and Q2 in Epidemiology (rank 83 of 173), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences 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 3.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 62nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.647, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 57.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$640 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.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1239-9736 and its online ISSN is 2242-3982.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health has an h-index of 70 and a 2-year mean of 2.08 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #89 of 378 Scopus journals in Health (social science).
International Journal of Circumpolar Health published 68 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 98. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Canada (29.4%), Denmark (14.2%) and Sweden (9.7%).
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.
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