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Journal of Distribution Science is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by KODISA Foundation.
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ISSN 1738-3110Verify ISSN ↗2093-7717Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: KODISA Foundation
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics and Econometrics | 509 / 755 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Business and International Management | 334 / 456 | 26th | Q3 |
| Marketing | 167 / 221 | 24th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.6.
Journal of Distribution Science is Q3 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 509 of 755), Q3 in Business and International Management (rank 334 of 456) and Q4 in Marketing (rank 167 of 221), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Distribution Science 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 1.6, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 32nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.180, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 22.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$460 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 Distribution Science is published by KODISA Foundation. Its print ISSN is 1738-3110 and its online ISSN is 2093-7717.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Distribution Science has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.6, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #693 of 744 Scopus journals in Economics and Econometrics.
Journal of Distribution Science published 47 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2014 with 178. 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.
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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