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International Journal of the Commons is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.8), WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Ubiquity Press.
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ISSN 1875-0281Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Ubiquity Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 320 / 1530 | 79th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.8.
International Journal of the Commons is Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 320 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of the Commons 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 3.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 79th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.596, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 45.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$938 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 the Commons is published by Ubiquity Press. Its ISSN is 1875-0281.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of the Commons has an h-index of 57 and a 2-year mean of 3.68 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #71 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
International Journal of the Commons published 30 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 53. 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 93 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (11.6%), United Kingdom (9.6%) and Netherlands (9.2%).
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.
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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