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International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.8), DOAJ. Published by Pluto Journals.
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ISSN 2516-5518Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Pluto Journals
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | 536 / 1434 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Gender Studies | 145 / 233 | 37th | Q3 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 498 / 744 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 1045 / 1530 | 31st | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.8.
International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies is Q2 in Cultural Studies (rank 536 of 1434), Q3 in Gender Studies (rank 145 of 233) and Q3 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 498 of 744), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies 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 0.8, quartile Q2, 62nd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies is published by Pluto Journals. Its ISSN is 2516-5518.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies has an h-index of 10 and a 2-year mean of 0.53 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #377 of 1,309 Scopus journals in Cultural Studies.
International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies published 22 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 22. 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 60 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (61.7%), United States (10%) and India (10%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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