Sibirica

Berghahn Journals · United States · Est. 2002

ISSN1361-7362eISSN1476-6787

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.228

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.591

Total Worksi

386

Total Citationsi

1,420

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Area Studies; History; Anthropology; Cultural Studies; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications386

Publisher OrgBerghahn Books

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Berghahn Journals

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1361-7362 / 1476-6787

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

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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.

HistoryQ1

AnthropologyQ2

Cultural StudiesQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area Studies

Scopus Categories

AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceHistoryCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Indigenous Studies and EcologyArctic and Russian Policy StudiesSoviet and Russian HistoryFolklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesRegional Socio-Economic Development TrendsLinguistics and Cultural StudiesReligious Studies and Spiritual PracticesRangeland Management and Livestock EcologySociopolitical Dynamics in RussiaGeographies of human-animal interactions

Frequently asked questions about Sibirica

Is Sibirica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sibirica: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Sibirica?

Sibirica 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 0.55.

Is Sibirica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sibirica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Sibirica?