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International Journal of Innovation Management is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.8), formerly ABDC B, ABS / AJG 2, WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd.
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ISSN 1363-9196Verify ISSN ↗1757-5877Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management of Technology and Innovation | 171 / 317 | 46th | Q3 |
| Business and International Management | 246 / 456 | 46th | Q3 |
| Strategy and Management | 284 / 506 | 43rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.8.
International Journal of Innovation Management is Q3 in Management of Technology and Innovation (rank 171 of 317), Q3 in Business and International Management (rank 246 of 456) and Q3 in Strategy and Management (rank 284 of 506), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Innovation Management 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 2.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 46th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.409, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 64.
International Journal of Innovation Management is published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1363-9196 and its online ISSN is 1757-5877.
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 Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It was rated B in the 2016 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Innovation field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Innovation Management has an h-index of 87 and a 2-year mean of 2.12 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #132 of 291 Scopus journals in Management of Technology and Innovation.
International Journal of Innovation Management published 55 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 117. 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 Germany (22.4%), China (8.2%) and Brazil (6.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.6 per 1,000 papers). 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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