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International Journal of Tourism Policy is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.8), ABDC C, ABS / AJG 1. Published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd..
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ISSN 1750-4090Verify ISSN ↗1750-4104Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (all) | 122 / 286 | 57th | Q2 |
| Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management | 119 / 156 | 24th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.8.
International Journal of Tourism Policy is Q2 in Social Sciences (all) (rank 122 of 286) and Q4 in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management (rank 119 of 156), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Tourism Policy is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q2, 57th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.233, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 23.
International Journal of Tourism Policy is published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1750-4090 and its online ISSN is 1750-4104.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Tourism.
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Social Sciences field.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Tourism Policy has an h-index of 23 and a 2-year mean of 0.52 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #171 of 268 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (all).
International Journal of Tourism Policy published 59 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 106. 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 44 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from India (40.9%), Vietnam (9.1%) and Türkiye (9.1%).
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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