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Journal of Family History is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1), formerly ABDC C, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 0363-1990Verify ISSN ↗1552-5473Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$3,650 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | 269 / 692 | 61st | Q2 |
| Anthropology | 253 / 536 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 450 / 744 | 39th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1976–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.
Journal of Family History is Q2 in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (rank 269 of 692), Q2 in Anthropology (rank 253 of 536) and Q3 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 450 of 744), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Family History 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 1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 61st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.162, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 30.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,650 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 Family History is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its print ISSN is 0363-1990 and its online ISSN is 1552-5473.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It was rated C in the 2010 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Family History has an h-index of 58 and a 2-year mean of 0.16 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #377 of 610 Scopus journals in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous).
Journal of Family History published 43 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 44. 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 95 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from China (11.4%), United States (10.5%) and United Kingdom (8.8%).
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.
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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