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Kontakt is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by University of South Bohemia.
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ISSN 1212-4117Verify ISSN ↗1804-7122Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of South Bohemia
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 460 / 744 | 38th | Q3 |
| Nursing (all) | 107 / 144 | 26th | Q3 |
| Public Administration | 187 / 248 | 24th | Q4 |
| Health (social science) | 297 / 387 | 23rd | Q4 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 575 / 725 | 20th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.9.
Kontakt is Q3 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 460 of 744), Q3 in Nursing (all) (rank 107 of 144) and Q4 in Public Administration (rank 187 of 248), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Kontakt 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 0.9, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 38th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.221, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 14.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$53 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.
Kontakt is published by University of South Bohemia. Its print ISSN is 1212-4117 and its online ISSN is 1804-7122.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Kontakt has an h-index of 20 and a 2-year mean of 0.57 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #437 of 703 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (miscellaneous).
Kontakt published 61 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 71. 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Czechia (36.1%), Slovakia (21.3%) and Slovenia (9.7%).
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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