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Torture

Torture is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1), DOAJ. Published by International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 1018-8185Verify ISSN ↗1997-3322Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims

Scopus · Q2Open Access

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 48 of 101 · 52nd pctile

Indexed in

major indexes

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ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

1991–present

Source type

Journal

Open access

Yes

CiteScore

SJR · SCImago

0.168

Q4 SJR quartile

H-index

Best quartile

Q2 · 52nd pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Health Professions (miscellaneous)	48 / 101	52nd	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	441 / 744	40th	Q3
Rehabilitation	125 / 172	27th	Q3
Health (social science)	288 / 387	25th	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	559 / 725	22nd	Q4
Clinical Psychology	244 / 314	22nd	Q4
Psychiatry and Mental Health	472 / 580	18th	Q4

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Listed in DOAJ

Open accessFully open access, peer reviewed

Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)

Quick answers

Is Torture indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1991–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.

What quartile is Torture in Scopus?

Torture is Q2 in Health Professions (miscellaneous) (rank 48 of 101), Q3 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 441 of 744) and Q3 in Rehabilitation (rank 125 of 172), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Torture?

Torture 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 1, quartile Q2, 52nd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.168, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 28.

Who publishes Torture and what is its ISSN?

Torture is published by International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims. Its print ISSN is 1018-8185 and its online ISSN is 1997-3322.

Is Torture in Web of Science?

No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is Torture open access?

Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.

How well cited is Torture? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Torture has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0.83 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #42 of 97 Scopus journals in Health Professions (miscellaneous).

h-index

0.83

2-yr mean citations

i10-index

389

works indexed

1,458

total citations

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#42 of 97 Top 44% Health Professions (miscellaneous)

#358 of 703 Bottom 50% Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

#104 of 168 Bottom 39% Rehabilitation

Papers published per year

Torture published 32 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 98. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Migration, Health and TraumaTorture, Ethics, and LawHealth and Conflict StudiesPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

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.

Who publishes in Torture? — latest 68 articles, 2023–2026

In its latest 68 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (19.6%), Denmark (16.2%) and Spain (10.3%).

Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.

Are there integrity warnings for Torture? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

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.

Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers None recorded
Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged

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.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ DOAJ ↗ ISSN Portal · 1018-8185 ↗ISSN Portal · 1997-3322 ↗

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