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International Journal of Electronic Government Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.9), ABDC C, WoS ESCI. Published by IGI Global.
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ISSN 1548-3886Verify ISSN ↗1548-3894Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: IGI Global
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (all) | 46 / 286 | 84th | Q1 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 182 / 568 | 68th | Q2 |
| Hardware and Architecture | 93 / 245 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Software | 206 / 503 | 59th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2005–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.9.
International Journal of Electronic Government Research is Q1 in Social Sciences (all) (rank 46 of 286), Q2 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 182 of 568) and Q2 in Hardware and Architecture (rank 93 of 245), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Electronic Government Research 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 4.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 84th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.408, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 38.
International Journal of Electronic Government Research is published by IGI Global. Its print ISSN is 1548-3886 and its online ISSN is 1548-3894.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Information systems.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Electronic Government Research has an h-index of 39 and a 2-year mean of 3.73 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #23 of 268 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (all).
International Journal of Electronic Government Research published 18 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 42. 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 97 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from India (21.9%), China (17.9%) and Saudi Arabia (10.8%).
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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