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Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.7), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 0957-4271Verify ISSN ↗1878-6464Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,900 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otorhinolaryngology | 5 / 123 | 96th | Q1 |
| Sensory Systems | 5 / 43 | 89th | Q1 |
| Neurology (clinical) | 78 / 403 | 80th | Q1 |
| Neuroscience (all) | 34 / 112 | 70th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1992–present (also 1990), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.7.
Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation is Q1 in Otorhinolaryngology (rank 5 of 123), Q1 in Sensory Systems (rank 5 of 43) and Q1 in Neurology (clinical) (rank 78 of 403), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 6.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.631, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 71.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,900 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 Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0957-4271 and its online ISSN is 1878-6464.
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 Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation has an h-index of 86 and a 2-year mean of 1.22 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #58 of 122 Scopus journals in Otorhinolaryngology.
Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation published 51 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 72. 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 99 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (18.5%), China (13.6%) and Türkiye (12.1%).
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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