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Journal of the Polynesian Society is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0), WoS SSCI. Published by University of Auckland.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0032-4000Verify ISSN ↗2230-5955Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Auckland
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archeology (arts and humanities) | 454 / 462 | 0th | Q4 |
| Anthropology | 534 / 536 | 0th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2024–2025 (also 2006–2022, 2001, 1996, 1988, 1979, 1977, 1971–1972), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.
Journal of the Polynesian Society is Q4 in Archeology (arts and humanities) (rank 454 of 462) and Q4 in Anthropology (rank 534 of 536), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of the Polynesian Society 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 0, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 0th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.105, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 18.
Journal of the Polynesian Society is published by University of Auckland. Its print ISSN is 0032-4000 and its online ISSN is 2230-5955.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of the Polynesian Society has an h-index of 16 and a 2-year mean of 0.02 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #314 of 394 Scopus journals in Archeology (arts and humanities).
Journal of the Polynesian Society published 12 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 35. 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 43 research articles (2021–2025), authors are most often from New Zealand (45.7%), Australia (13.2%) and United States (12.4%).
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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