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Journal of Posthuman Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.3), WoS ESCI. Published by Penn State University Press.
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ISSN 2471-4461Verify ISSN ↗2472-4513Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (all) | 127 / 175 | 27th | Q3 |
| Cultural Studies | 1063 / 1434 | 25th | Q3 |
| Gender Studies | 210 / 233 | 10th | Q4 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 1379 / 1530 | 9th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–2025, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.3.
Journal of Posthuman Studies is Q3 in Arts and Humanities (all) (rank 127 of 175), Q3 in Cultural Studies (rank 1063 of 1434) and Q4 in Gender Studies (rank 210 of 233), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Posthuman Studies 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 0.3, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 27th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.120, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 5.
Journal of Posthuman Studies is published by Penn State University Press. Its print ISSN is 2471-4461 and its online ISSN is 2472-4513.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Posthuman Studies has an h-index of 13 and a 2-year mean of 0.3 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #66 of 158 Scopus journals in Arts and Humanities (all).
Journal of Posthuman Studies published 16 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 23. 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 74 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from India (9.5%), United States (8.1%) and Australia (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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