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Journal of Finnish Studies

University of Illinois Press · United States · Est. 2011

ISSN1206-6516

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.

📊 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

0.111

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.354

Total Worksi

257

Total Citationsi

455

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History; Cultural Studies; Geography, Planning and Development; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 14 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications257

Publisher OrgUniversity of Illinois Press

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?

University of Illinois Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1206-6516

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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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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.

HistoryQ3

Cultural StudiesQ4

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistoryCultural StudiesGeography, Planning and Development

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Finnish Studies

Is Journal of Finnish Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Finnish Studies: 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 Finnish Studies?

Journal of Finnish Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.111.

Is Journal of Finnish Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Finnish Studies is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Finnish Studies?