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Navigation, Journal of the Institute of Navigation is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by The Institute of Navigation Inc.
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ISSN 0028-1522Verify ISSN ↗2161-4296Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: The Institute of Navigation Inc
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering | 25 / 169 | 85th | Q1 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 236 / 1030 | 77th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1946–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.5.
Navigation, Journal of the Institute of Navigation is Q1 in Aerospace Engineering (rank 25 of 169) and Q1 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (rank 236 of 1030), by CiteScore 2025.
Navigation, Journal of the Institute of Navigation 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 6.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 85th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.958, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 63.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,000 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.
Navigation, Journal of the Institute of Navigation is published by The Institute of Navigation Inc. Its print ISSN is 0028-1522 and its online ISSN is 2161-4296.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Navigation, Journal of the Institute of Navigation has an h-index of 76 and a 2-year mean of 2.74 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #39 of 141 Scopus journals in Aerospace Engineering.
Navigation, Journal of the Institute of Navigation published 59 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 75. 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 78 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (37.6%), Germany (9.2%) and China (7.7%).
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.
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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