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Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.1). It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Routledge.
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ISSN 2150-4857Verify ISSN ↗2150-4865Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Routledge
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | 83 / 1186 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | 94 / 697 | 86th | Q1 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.1.
Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics is Q1 in Literature and Literary Theory (rank 83 of 1186) and Q1 in Visual Arts and Performing Arts (rank 94 of 697), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.1, quartile Q1, 93rd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.278, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 18.
Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics is published by Routledge. Its print ISSN is 2150-4857 and its online ISSN is 2150-4865.
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.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics has an h-index of 27 and a 2-year mean of 0.39 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #127 of 1,079 Scopus journals in Literature and Literary Theory.
Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics published 97 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 112. 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 92 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from India (33.2%), United States (13%) and United Kingdom (7.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.8 per 1,000 papers). 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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