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Social Sciences and Humanities Open is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.6), DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 2590-2911Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 162 / 744 | 78th | Q1 |
| Psychology (miscellaneous) | 34 / 118 | 71st | Q2 |
| Decision Sciences (miscellaneous) | 14 / 46 | 70th | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.6.
Social Sciences and Humanities Open is Q1 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 162 of 744), Q2 in Psychology (miscellaneous) (rank 34 of 118) and Q2 in Decision Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 14 of 46), by CiteScore 2025.
Social Sciences and Humanities Open is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q1, 78th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.634, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 45.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,180 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.
Social Sciences and Humanities Open is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its ISSN is 2590-2911.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Social Sciences and Humanities Open has an h-index of 58 and a 2-year mean of 2.76 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #66 of 703 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (miscellaneous).
Social Sciences and Humanities Open published 1,071 papers in 2025. 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 85 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Indonesia (10.6%), Vietnam (7.6%) and Thailand (6.3%).
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 1 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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