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Scientific Studies of Reading

Routledge · United States

ISSN1088-8438eISSN1532-799X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.568

H-Indexi

118

SNIPi

2.388

Total Worksi

780

Total Citationsi

54,807

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Scientific Studies of Reading publishes research on reading. The journal covers psychology and social sciences, with a focus on psychology (miscellaneous).

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications780

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1088-8438 / 1532-799X

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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

1.8k

2019

830

2020

676

2021

391

2022

274

2023

201

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.

EducationQ1

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational ResearchPsychology, Educational

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Reading and Literacy DevelopmentCognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skillsLanguage Development and DisordersNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismWriting and Handwriting Education

Frequently asked questions about Scientific Studies of Reading

Is Scientific Studies of Reading a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Scientific Studies of Reading: 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 Scientific Studies of Reading?

Scientific Studies of Reading 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 2.43.

Is Scientific Studies of Reading indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scientific Studies of Reading is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.