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Internet Research

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN1066-2243eISSN1066-2243

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

2.207

H-Indexi

148

SNIPi

2.23

Total Worksi

1,884

Total Citationsi

96,858

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business; Computer Science, Information Systems; Telecommunications; Communication; Economics and Econometrics; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency5 No. A Year, <1999->

StatusActive

Total Publications1,884

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1066-2243 / 1066-2243

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

7.3k

2019

5.2k

2020

108

4.7k

2021

3.1k

2022

116

3.3k

2023

118

1.5k

2024

114

360

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.

CommunicationQ1

Economics and EconometricsQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BusinessComputer Science, Information SystemsTelecommunications

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Digital Marketing and Social MediaTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourCustomer Service Quality and LoyaltyConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationImpact of Technology on Adolescents

Frequently asked questions about Internet Research

Is Internet Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Internet Research: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Internet Research?

Internet Research is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 4.50.

Is Internet Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Internet Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Internet Research?