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Studies in Peoples History is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.2), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
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ISSN 2348-4489Verify ISSN ↗2349-7718Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,650 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | 1297 / 1936 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 666 / 744 | 10th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–2025, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.2.
Studies in Peoples History is Q3 in History (rank 1297 of 1936) and Q4 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 666 of 744), by CiteScore 2025.
Studies in Peoples History 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 0.2, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 32nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.108, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 6.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,650 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.
Studies in Peoples History is published by Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2348-4489 and its online ISSN is 2349-7718.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Studies in Peoples History has an h-index of 8 and a 2-year mean of 0.09 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #984 of 1,704 Scopus journals in History.
Studies in Peoples History published 35 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 38. 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 56 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from India (75%), Russia (5.4%) and United States (3.6%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (4.9 per 1,000 papers). 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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