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Nomadic Peoples

White Horse Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1979

ISSN1752-2366

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total78

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.237

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.548

Total Worksi

757

Total Citationsi

6,442

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.62

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Nomadic Peoples is an international journal published for the Commission on Nomadic Peoples, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Its primary concerns are the current circumstances of all nomadic peoples around the world and their prospects. Its readership includes all those interested in nomadic peoples — scholars, researchers, planners and project administrators.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1979

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications757

Publisher OrgBerghahn Books

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~52 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

White Horse Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1752-2366

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

101

2019

109

2020

2021

2022

2023

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.

AnthropologyQ2

DemographyQ3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Anthropology

Scopus Categories

Demography

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Rangeland Management and Livestock EcologyAnimal Diversity and Health StudiesIndigenous Studies and EcologyAgriculture and Rural Development ResearchAfrican history and culture analysisTransboundary Water Resource ManagementAfrican Studies and GeopoliticsJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesChina's Ethnic Minorities and RelationsLand Rights and Reforms

Frequently asked questions about Nomadic Peoples

Is Nomadic Peoples a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nomadic Peoples: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 78/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Nomadic Peoples?

Nomadic Peoples 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 0.62.

Is Nomadic Peoples indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nomadic Peoples is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Nomadic Peoples?

How much does it cost to publish in Nomadic Peoples?

Nomadic Peoples is a Diamond open-access journal — there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.