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Journal of Curatorial Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.3), WoS ESCI. Published by Intellect Ltd..
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ISSN 2045-5836Verify ISSN ↗2045-5844Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Intellect Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | 371 / 697 | 46th | Q3 |
| Museology | 57 / 96 | 41st | Q3 |
| Conservation | 78 / 108 | 28th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–2025, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.3.
Journal of Curatorial Studies is Q3 in Visual Arts and Performing Arts (rank 371 of 697), Q3 in Museology (rank 57 of 96) and Q3 in Conservation (rank 78 of 108), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Curatorial Studies 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 0.3, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 46th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.107, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 6.
Journal of Curatorial Studies is published by Intellect Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2045-5836 and its online ISSN is 2045-5844.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Curatorial Studies has an h-index of 10 and a 2-year mean of 0.07 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #349 of 630 Scopus journals in Visual Arts and Performing Arts.
Journal of Curatorial Studies published 21 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 25. 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 73 research articles (2021–2025), authors are most often from Canada (30.1%), United States (26.7%) and United Kingdom (13%).
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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