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International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.4), ABDC C, ABS / AJG 1, WoS ESCI. Published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd..
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ISSN 1743-8268Verify ISSN ↗1743-8276Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information Systems and Management | 99 / 222 | 55th | Q2 |
| Management of Technology and Innovation | 190 / 317 | 40th | Q3 |
| Computer Science Applications | 618 / 1022 | 39th | Q3 |
| Management Information Systems | 93 / 143 | 35th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present (also 2006–2012), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.4.
International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies is Q2 in Information Systems and Management (rank 99 of 222), Q3 in Management of Technology and Innovation (rank 190 of 317) and Q3 in Computer Science Applications (rank 618 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Knowledge Management 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 2.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 55th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.259, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 18.
International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies is published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1743-8268 and its online ISSN is 1743-8276.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Information systems.
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Organisation Studies field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies has an h-index of 20 and a 2-year mean of 0.3 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #127 of 156 Scopus journals in Information Systems and Management.
International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies published 44 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 61. 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 42 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from India (27.4%), Indonesia (10.7%) and China (6%).
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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