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AlterNative

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1971

ISSN1174-1740

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.433

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.375

Total Worksi

1,075

Total Citationsi

9,963

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.92

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ethnic Studies; Anthropology; Cultural Studies; History.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

Annual Volume~ 87 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,075

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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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?

1174-1740

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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

700

2019

696

2020

982

2021

512

2022

473

2023

190

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.

AnthropologyQ1

Cultural StudiesQ1

HistoryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ethnic Studies

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyHistoryCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsIndigenous Studies and EcologyIsland Studies and Pacific AffairsAnthropological Studies and InsightsCommunity Health and DevelopmentIndigenous and Place-Based EducationQualitative Research Methods and EthicsMultilingual Education and PolicyMining and Resource ManagementPacific and Southeast Asian Studies

Frequently asked questions about AlterNative

Is AlterNative a predatory journal?

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

AlterNative 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 0.92.

Is AlterNative indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

AlterNative is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of AlterNative?