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International Journal of Value Chain Management is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.9), formerly ABDC C, ABS / AJG 1, WoS ESCI. Published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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ISSN 1741-5357Verify ISSN ↗1741-5365Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information Systems | 315 / 519 | 39th | Q3 |
| Computer Science Applications | 670 / 1022 | 34th | Q3 |
| Strategy and Management | 339 / 506 | 33rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present (also 2006–2014), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.9.
International Journal of Value Chain Management is Q3 in Information Systems (rank 315 of 519), Q3 in Computer Science Applications (rank 670 of 1022) and Q3 in Strategy and Management (rank 339 of 506), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Value Chain Management 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 1.9, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 39th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.180, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 20.
International Journal of Value Chain Management is published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1741-5357 and its online ISSN is 1741-5365.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It was rated C in the 2016 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Operations and Technology Management field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Value Chain Management has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 0.14 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.9, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #359 of 397 Scopus journals in Information Systems.
International Journal of Value Chain Management published 5 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 46. 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 50 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from India (14%), United States (13%) and Finland (10.3%).
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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