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International Journal of Serious Games is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Serious Games Society.
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Publisher: Serious Games Society
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Mathematics | 105 / 680 | 84th | Q1 |
| Education | 328 / 1698 | 80th | Q1 |
| Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design | 40 / 131 | 69th | Q2 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 211 / 570 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Software | 200 / 503 | 60th | Q2 |
| Human-Computer Interaction | 97 / 196 | 50th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.
International Journal of Serious Games is Q1 in Applied Mathematics (rank 105 of 680), Q1 in Education (rank 328 of 1698) and Q2 in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (rank 40 of 131), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Serious Games 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 5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 84th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.500, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 19.
International Journal of Serious Games is published by Serious Games Society. Its ISSN is 2384-8766.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Serious Games has an h-index of 38 and a 2-year mean of 1.77 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #195 of 621 Scopus journals in Applied Mathematics.
International Journal of Serious Games published 41 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 97 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Spain (10.8%), Indonesia (7.9%) and United States (6.2%).
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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