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Versus is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.2), WoS ESCI. Published by Societa Editrice Il Mulino.
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ISSN 0393-8255Verify ISSN ↗2612-0909Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Societa Editrice Il Mulino
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | 657 / 891 | 26th | Q3 |
| Language and Linguistics | 894 / 1137 | 21st | Q4 |
| Linguistics and Language | 999 / 1221 | 18th | Q4 |
| Applied Psychology | 255 / 258 | 1st | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.2.
Versus is Q3 in Philosophy (rank 657 of 891), Q4 in Language and Linguistics (rank 894 of 1137) and Q4 in Linguistics and Language (rank 999 of 1221), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Versus 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 26th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.100, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 4.
Versus is published by Societa Editrice Il Mulino. Its print ISSN is 0393-8255 and its online ISSN is 2612-0909.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Versus has an h-index of 7 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #698 of 805 Scopus journals in Philosophy.
Versus published 16 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2016 with 20. 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.
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.
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