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Island Studies Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.7), WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Beewolf Press Limited.
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ISSN 1715-2593Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Beewolf Press Limited
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 152 / 745 | 79th | Q1 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 333 / 1530 | 78th | Q1 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 283 / 876 | 67th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.7.
Island Studies Journal is Q1 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 152 of 745), Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 333 of 1530) and Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 283 of 876), by CiteScore 2025.
Island Studies Journal 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 3.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 79th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.597, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 35.
Island Studies Journal is published by Beewolf Press Limited. Its ISSN is 1715-2593.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Island Studies Journal has an h-index of 41 and a 2-year mean of 1.62 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #159 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Island Studies Journal published 17 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 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 97 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from China (20.1%), Spain (8.2%) and United Kingdom (6.5%).
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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