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Journal of Metaverse is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 17), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Izmir Academy Association.
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ISSN 2792-0232Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Izmir Academy Association
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 2 / 744 | 99th | Q1 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 39 / 570 | 93rd | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 17.
Journal of Metaverse is Q1 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 2 of 744) and Q1 in Artificial Intelligence (rank 39 of 570), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Metaverse is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 17, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.054, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 19.
Journal of Metaverse is published by Izmir Academy Association. Its ISSN is 2792-0232.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Metaverse has an h-index of 16 and a 2-year mean of 4.05 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 17, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #30 of 703 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (miscellaneous).
Journal of Metaverse published 15 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 17. 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 64 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Türkiye (26.6%), India (10.9%) and China (5.5%).
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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