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Voluntas is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.7), ABDC B, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SSCI. Published by Springer International Publishing.
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ISSN 0957-8765Verify ISSN ↗1573-7888Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Cost to publish: About US$3,550 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 168 / 1530 | 89th | Q1 |
| Public Administration | 48 / 248 | 80th | Q1 |
| Business and International Management | 155 / 456 | 66th | Q2 |
| Strategy and Management | 182 / 506 | 64th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1990–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.7.
Voluntas is Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 168 of 1530), Q1 in Public Administration (rank 48 of 248) and Q2 in Business and International Management (rank 155 of 456), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Voluntas is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 5.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 89th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.939, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 77.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,550 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.
Voluntas is published by Springer International Publishing. Its print ISSN is 0957-8765 and its online ISSN is 1573-7888.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Strategy, management and organisational behaviour.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Sector Studies field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Voluntas has an h-index of 99 and a 2-year mean of 3.23 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #95 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Voluntas published 81 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 135. 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (19%), United Kingdom (8%) and Germany (5.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.4 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.
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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