Get an email when this journal's indexing changes
Added to or removed from Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas or ONOS. One confirmation click; unsubscribe anytime.
Journal of World-Systems Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by University Library System, University of Pittsburgh.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1076-156XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 329 / 745 | 55th | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 687 / 1530 | 55th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.7.
Journal of World-Systems Research is Q2 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 329 of 745) and Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 687 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of World-Systems Research 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 1.7, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 55th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.396, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 12.
Journal of World-Systems Research is published by University Library System, University of Pittsburgh. Its ISSN is 1076-156X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of World-Systems Research has an h-index of 58 and a 2-year mean of 1.14 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #239 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Journal of World-Systems Research published 28 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 55. 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 95 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (44.7%), United Kingdom (13.5%) and Portugal (5.3%).
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.
Comments load as you scroll here.