Scope

Otago Polytechnic · New Zealand · Est. 2018

ISSN1177-5653

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.

📊 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

0.103

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

276

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Scope aims to engage discussion on contemporary research in the visual arts. It is concerned with views and critical debates surrounding issues of practice, theory, history and their relationships as manifested through the visual and related arts and activities, such as sound, performance, curation, tactile and immersive environments, digital scapes and methodology.

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General Information

Country / RegionNew Zealand

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2018

Annual Volume~ 50 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications276

OA Since2018

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Otago Polytechnic

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1177-5653

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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

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Citations received

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SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fashion and Cultural TextilesCrafts, Textile, and DesignCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentArt, Politics, and ModernismPosthumanist Ethics and ActivismArchitecture, Design, and Social HistoryArchitecture and Computational DesignGeographies of human-animal interactionsArt Education and DevelopmentJapanese History and Culture

Frequently asked questions about Scope

Is Scope a predatory journal?

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

Scope is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.103.

Is Scope indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scope is indexed in Scopus.