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Journal of Multivariate Analysis is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.6), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 3, WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier.
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ISSN 0047-259XVerify ISSN ↗1095-7243Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier
Cost to publish: About US$3,310 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics and Probability | 77 / 303 | 74th | Q2 |
| Numerical Analysis | 24 / 93 | 74th | Q2 |
| Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty | 53 / 178 | 70th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1971–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.6.
Journal of Multivariate Analysis is Q2 in Statistics and Probability (rank 77 of 303), Q2 in Numerical Analysis (rank 24 of 93) and Q2 in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (rank 53 of 178), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Multivariate Analysis 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 3.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 74th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.024, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 97.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,310 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 Multivariate Analysis is published by Elsevier. Its print ISSN is 0047-259X and its online ISSN is 1095-7243.
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 Science Citation Index Expanded.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Statistics.
It is graded 3 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Economics, Econometrics and Statistics field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Multivariate Analysis has an h-index of 139 and a 2-year mean of 1.1 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #144 of 294 Scopus journals in Statistics and Probability.
Journal of Multivariate Analysis published 149 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 169. 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 80 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (40.1%), United States (15.1%) and France (5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (0.5 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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