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Journal of Research Administration is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.4), WoS ESCI. Published by Society of Research Administrators International.
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ISSN 1539-1590Verify ISSN ↗2573-7104Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Society of Research Administrators International
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 1057 / 1698 | 37th | Q3 |
| Strategy and Management | 391 / 506 | 22nd | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.4.
Journal of Research Administration is Q3 in Education (rank 1057 of 1698) and Q4 in Strategy and Management (rank 391 of 506), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Research Administration 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 1.4, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 37th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.323, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 7.
No article processing charge is recorded for it (source: OpenAlex). Confirm on the journal's own website, since some journals charge for extras such as colour figures.
Journal of Research Administration is published by Society of Research Administrators International. Its print ISSN is 1539-1590 and its online ISSN is 2573-7104.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Research Administration has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #1,511 of 1,610 Scopus journals in Education.
Journal of Research Administration published 5 papers in 2024; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 13. 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.
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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