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International Review of Social Research
International Review of Social Research is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Sciendo.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 2069-8267Verify ISSN ↗2069-8534Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Sciendo
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is International Review of Social Research indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2021 (also 2018–2019)).
What is the impact factor of International Review of Social Research?
International Review of Social Research has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes International Review of Social Research and what is its ISSN?
International Review of Social Research is published by Sciendo. Its print ISSN is 2069-8267 and its online ISSN is 2069-8534.
Is International Review of Social Research in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is International Review of Social Research open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed International Review of Social Research for 3 years, between 2018 and 2021, with 1 year in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2021, 5 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 202 works and 1,617 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2021, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2021, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is International Review of Social Research? — open metrics via OpenAlex
International Review of Social Research has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
International Review of Social Research published 7 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2012 with 28. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for International Review of Social Research? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2021. 2 retracted papers are recorded (9.9 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2021
- Retracted papers 2 · 9.9 per 1,000 papers
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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