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Journal of Roman Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.9), WoS AHCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Cambridge University Press.
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ISSN 0075-4358Verify ISSN ↗1753-528XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Cost to publish: About US$3,550 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classics | 1 / 196 | 99th | Q1 |
| Literature and Literary Theory | 30 / 1186 | 97th | Q1 |
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | 43 / 697 | 93rd | Q1 |
| History | 122 / 1936 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Archeology (arts and humanities) | 61 / 462 | 86th | Q1 |
| Archeology | 58 / 388 | 85th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1924–present (also 1911–1922), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.9.
Journal of Roman Studies is Q1 in Classics (rank 1 of 196), Q1 in Literature and Literary Theory (rank 30 of 1186) and Q1 in Visual Arts and Performing Arts (rank 43 of 697), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Journal of Roman Studies is indexed in the Arts & Humanities 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 1.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.217, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 58.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,550 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 Roman Studies is published by Cambridge University Press. Its print ISSN is 0075-4358 and its online ISSN is 1753-528X.
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 Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Roman Studies has an h-index of 144 and a 2-year mean of 0.04 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #78 of 138 Scopus journals in Classics.
Journal of Roman Studies published 103 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 118. 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 51 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (40.5%), United States (36.6%) and Netherlands (8.1%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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