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eTropic

James Cook University · Australia · Est. 2002

ISSN1448-2940
SJR Q1Scopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
40
/ 100
Medium Risk
Score Breakdown
Scopus Q1+25
DOAJ Verified+15
Total40
Journal Impact Factor
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SJR Score
0.416
H-Index
15
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
1.697
Total Works
465
Total Citations
1,215
2yr Mean Citedness
0.71
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Aims & Scope

eTropic disseminates new research from Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and allied fields on the variety and interrelatedness of nature, culture, and society in the tropics. Tropical regions of the world include: Equatorial Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Northern Australia, the Caribbean, Indian Ocean Islands, Latin America, the Pacific, the southern states of America and Hawai'i, USA. Special Issues draw scholars together under important themes pertaining to the Tropics. Each eTropic Special Issue theme is detailed under the Announcement tab. Tropics and tropicality is inherent to each theme.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
12
weeks to review
Average · median is 15 wks
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia
Primary LanguageFrench, English
1st Year Published2002
Frequency2 issues per year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications465
Publisher OrgJames Cook University
OA Since2015
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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free
Peer ReviewDouble-blind
Review Time~12 weeks
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/12 · 83%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
James Cook University
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1448-2940
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
No APC (Free)
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
French, English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Times cited
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1
Cultural StudiesQ1
HistoryQ1
Literature and Literary TheoryQ1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2
Urban StudiesQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesHistorySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Literature and Literary Theory
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref