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Journal of Folklore Research is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.3), WoS AHCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Indiana University Press.
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ISSN 0737-7037Verify ISSN ↗1543-0413Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | 130 / 196 | 33rd | Q3 |
| Cultural Studies | 1046 / 1434 | 27th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.3.
Journal of Folklore Research is Q3 in Music (rank 130 of 196) and Q3 in Cultural Studies (rank 1046 of 1434), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Folklore Research is indexed in the Arts & Humanities 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 33rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.116, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 23.
Journal of Folklore Research is published by Indiana University Press. Its print ISSN is 0737-7037 and its online ISSN is 1543-0413.
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 Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Folklore Research has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 0.08 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #120 of 184 Scopus journals in Music.
Journal of Folklore Research published 17 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 26. 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.
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