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International Journal of Population Data Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Swansea University.
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ISSN 2399-4908Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Swansea University
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demography | 66 / 140 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Information Systems and Management | 123 / 222 | 44th | Q3 |
| Information Systems | 338 / 519 | 34th | Q3 |
| Health Informatics | 123 / 168 | 27th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.6.
International Journal of Population Data Science is Q2 in Demography (rank 66 of 140), Q3 in Information Systems and Management (rank 123 of 222) and Q3 in Information Systems (rank 338 of 519), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Population Data Science 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 1.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 53rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.460, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 25.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,747 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 Population Data Science is published by Swansea University. Its ISSN is 2399-4908.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Population Data Science has an h-index of 29 and a 2-year mean of 0.31 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #100 of 137 Scopus journals in Demography.
International Journal of Population Data Science published 348 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 623. 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 96 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (46%), Canada (16.5%) and United States (10.4%).
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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