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Journal of Sex Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6), WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 0022-4499Verify ISSN ↗1559-8519Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History and Philosophy of Science | 10 / 254 | 96th | Q1 |
| Gender Studies | 11 / 233 | 95th | Q1 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 147 / 1530 | 90th | Q1 |
| Psychology (all) | 40 / 220 | 82nd | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1965–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.
Journal of Sex Research is Q1 in History and Philosophy of Science (rank 10 of 254), Q1 in Gender Studies (rank 11 of 233) and Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 147 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Sex Research is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.098, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 145.
Journal of Sex Research is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0022-4499 and its online ISSN is 1559-8519.
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 Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Sex Research has an h-index of 180 and a 2-year mean of 3.06 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #6 of 233 Scopus journals in History and Philosophy of Science.
Journal of Sex Research published 112 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 134. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (54.1%), Canada (12.8%) and United Kingdom (5.3%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.3 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.
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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