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Status
Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
1994–2023
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
SJR · SCImago
0.632
Q1 SJR quartile
H-index
51
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Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services
Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services is not currently indexed in Scopus. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Routledge.
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ISSN 1053-8720Verify ISSN ↗1540-4056Verify ISSN ↗
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Quick answers
Is Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1994–2023).
What is the impact factor of Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services?
Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.632, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 51.
Who publishes Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services and what is its ISSN?
Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services is published by Routledge. Its print ISSN is 1053-8720 and its online ISSN is 1540-4056.
Is Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services covered under ONOS in India?
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.
Is Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services for 30 years, between 1994 and 2023. Coverage ended in 2023, 3 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 1,071 works and 17,802 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2023, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2023, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services has an h-index of 61 and a 2-year mean of 0.86 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
61
h-index
0.86
2-yr mean citations
479
i10-index
1,071
works indexed
17,802
total citations
Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services published 25 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 39. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services? — latest 100 articles, 2023–2026
In its latest 100 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (57.6%), Canada (14.3%) and United Kingdom (4.2%). 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.
Are there integrity warnings for Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2023. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2023
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration57.6% of recent authorship from United States
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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