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International Journal of Consumer Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 15), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
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ISSN 1470-6423Verify ISSN ↗1470-6431Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Cost to publish: About US$3,400 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 14 / 725 | 98th | Q1 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 23 / 755 | 97th | Q1 |
| Applied Psychology | 10 / 258 | 96th | Q1 |
| Marketing | 20 / 221 | 91st | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2001–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 15.
International Journal of Consumer Studies is Q1 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 14 of 725), Q1 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 23 of 755) and Q1 in Applied Psychology (rank 10 of 258), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Consumer Studies is indexed in the 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 15, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.894, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 121.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,400 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 Consumer Studies is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1470-6423 and its online ISSN is 1470-6431.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Marketing.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Marketing field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Consumer Studies has an h-index of 146 and a 2-year mean of 9.43 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 15, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #10 of 710 Scopus journals in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.
International Journal of Consumer Studies published 163 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from India (14.7%), China (12%) and Australia (8.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.8 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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