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International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 9.2), ABDC B, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor & Francis Online.
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ISSN 1364-5579Verify ISSN ↗1464-5300Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (all) | 11 / 286 | 96th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1998–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 9.2.
International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice is Q1 in Social Sciences (all) (rank 11 of 286), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 9.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.417, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 95.
International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice is published by Taylor & Francis Online. Its print ISSN is 1364-5579 and its online ISSN is 1464-5300.
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 Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Strategy, management and organisational behaviour.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice has an h-index of 118 and a 2-year mean of 1.79 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 9.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #76 of 268 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (all).
International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice published 80 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 104. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (25.2%), United States (14.7%) and Canada (9.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.7 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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