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Journal of Interpretation Research

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1092-5872

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

0.309

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.456

Total Worksi

375

Total Citationsi

2,834

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education; Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1996

Annual Volume~ 8 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications375

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1092-5872

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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?

N/A

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

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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.

EducationQ3

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityMuseums and Cultural HeritageDiverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesLegal case studies and regulationsLegal Cases and CommentaryAnimal and Plant Science EducationDiverse Perspectives in Modern Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Interpretation Research

Is Journal of Interpretation Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Interpretation Research: 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 Interpretation Research?

Journal of Interpretation Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.309.

Is Journal of Interpretation Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Interpretation Research is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Interpretation Research?