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Journal of Group Theory is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.1), WoS SCIE. Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
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ISSN 1433-5883Verify ISSN ↗1435-4446Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Cost to publish: About US$2,712 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algebra and Number Theory | 78 / 137 | 43rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1998–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.1.
Journal of Group Theory is Q3 in Algebra and Number Theory (rank 78 of 137), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Group Theory is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 1.1, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 43rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.600, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 33.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,712 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 Group Theory is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Its print ISSN is 1433-5883 and its online ISSN is 1435-4446.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Group Theory has an h-index of 38 and a 2-year mean of 0.4 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #84 of 129 Scopus journals in Algebra and Number Theory.
Journal of Group Theory published 46 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 81. 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 99 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (17.5%), United States (13.3%) and United Kingdom (7.4%).
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.
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