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Journal of Belarusian Studies

Brill Academic Publishers · United Kingdom · Est. 1965

ISSN0075-4161

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.112

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.188

Total Worksi

449

Total Citationsi

539

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal publishes articles on Belarusian civil society, literature, linguistics, foreign relations, history and art, as well as book reviews. Many of the published articles are first presented at the Annual London Conference on Belarusian Studies. The Journal is the oldest English language double-blind peer-reviewed periodical on Belarusian studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1965

Frequencyannually

StatusActive

Total Publications449

Publisher OrgBrill

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brill Academic Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0075-4161

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2018

146

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q3

Cultural StudiesQ4

Linguistics and LanguageQ4

Political Science and International RelationsQ4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Political Science and International RelationsLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Eastern European Communism and ReformsLanguage and CulturePolish Historical and Cultural StudiesEuropean Politics and SecurityHistorical and Cultural Studies of Poland

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Belarusian Studies

Is Journal of Belarusian Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Belarusian Studies: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Belarusian Studies?

Journal of Belarusian Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.112.

Is Journal of Belarusian Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Belarusian Studies is indexed in Scopus.