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International Journal of Game Theory is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.8), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SCIE/SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer International Publishing.
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ISSN 0020-7276Verify ISSN ↗1432-1270Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Cost to publish: About US$3,190 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 475 / 744 | 36th | Q3 |
| Mathematics (miscellaneous) | 87 / 119 | 27th | Q3 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 645 / 755 | 14th | Q4 |
| Statistics and Probability | 263 / 303 | 13th | Q4 |
| Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty | 159 / 178 | 10th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1973–present (also 1971), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.8.
International Journal of Game Theory is Q3 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 475 of 744), Q3 in Mathematics (miscellaneous) (rank 87 of 119) and Q4 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 645 of 755), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Game Theory 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 0.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 36th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.361, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 51.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,190 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 Game Theory is published by Springer International Publishing. Its print ISSN is 0020-7276 and its online ISSN is 1432-1270.
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 Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Economic history.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Economics, Econometrics and Statistics field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Game Theory has an h-index of 97 and a 2-year mean of 1.05 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #302 of 703 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (miscellaneous).
International Journal of Game Theory published 49 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 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 98 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from Japan (19%), United States (15.7%) and France (6.7%).
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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