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Journal of Causal Inference is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.3), WoS SCIE/SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
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ISSN 2193-3677Verify ISSN ↗2193-3685Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics and Probability | 90 / 303 | 70th | Q2 |
| Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty | 59 / 178 | 67th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.3.
Journal of Causal Inference is Q2 in Statistics and Probability (rank 90 of 303) and Q2 in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (rank 59 of 178), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Causal Inference is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and 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 3.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 70th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.104, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 18.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,187 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.
Journal of Causal Inference is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Its print ISSN is 2193-3677 and its online ISSN is 2193-3685.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Causal Inference has an h-index of 32 and a 2-year mean of 1.64 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #82 of 294 Scopus journals in Statistics and Probability.
Journal of Causal Inference published 30 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 31. 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 98 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (52.4%), Germany (6%) and Canada (4.1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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