Terrain

OpenEditions Journals · France · Est. 1983

ISSN0760-5668

SJR Q4✓ 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

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.113

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,310

Total Citationsi

6,756

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.31

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Aims & Scope

La revue Terrain porte un regard singulier sur les sociétés contemporaines, nourri par l’ethnographie et l’ouverture aux autres sciences humaines et sociales.

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary LanguageFrançais, English

1st Year Published1983

FrequencySemestrielle

StatusActive

Total Publications1,310

Publisher OrgMinistry of Culture

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

OpenEditions Journals

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0760-5668

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

Français, 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.

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

143

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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.

AnthropologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Anthropology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

French Urban and Social StudiesCultural Identity and HeritageDiverse Cultural and Historical StudiesHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisAfrican Studies and Ethnography

Frequently asked questions about Terrain

Is Terrain a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Terrain: 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 Terrain?

Terrain is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.113.

Is Terrain indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Terrain is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Terrain?