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International Journal of Innovation Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 13.1), ABDC B, WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by KeAI Publishing.
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ISSN 2096-2487Verify ISSN ↗2589-2975Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: KeAI Publishing
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information Systems and Management | 17 / 222 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Strategy and Management | 53 / 506 | 89th | Q1 |
| Management of Technology and Innovation | 34 / 317 | 89th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 13.1.
International Journal of Innovation Studies is Q1 in Information Systems and Management (rank 17 of 222), Q1 in Strategy and Management (rank 53 of 506) and Q1 in Management of Technology and Innovation (rank 34 of 317), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Innovation Studies 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 13.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 92nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.162, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 30.
No article processing charge is recorded for it (source: OpenAlex). Confirm on the journal's own website, since some journals charge for extras such as colour figures.
International Journal of Innovation Studies is published by KeAI Publishing. Its print ISSN is 2096-2487 and its online ISSN is 2589-2975.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Strategy, management and organisational behaviour.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Innovation Studies has an h-index of 40 and a 2-year mean of 7.18 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 13.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #15 of 156 Scopus journals in Information Systems and Management.
International Journal of Innovation Studies published 49 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 86 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (13.1%), Spain (10.1%) and India (6.8%).
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.
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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