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Research in Globalization is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2590-051XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Studies | 13 / 295 | 95th | Q1 |
| Development | 23 / 314 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) | 21 / 283 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 71 / 876 | 91st | Q1 |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | 40 / 307 | 87th | Q1 |
| Global and Planetary Change | 23 / 134 | 83rd | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.7.
Research in Globalization is Q1 in Urban Studies (rank 13 of 295), Q1 in Development (rank 23 of 314) and Q1 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (rank 21 of 283), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Research in Globalization 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 8.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.999, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 29.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,760 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.
Research in Globalization is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2590-051X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Research in Globalization has an h-index of 39 and a 2-year mean of 7.01 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #10 of 280 Scopus journals in Urban Studies.
Research in Globalization published 64 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 81. 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 93 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Vietnam (9.1%), India (7.2%) and Ghana (6.5%).
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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