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International Indigenous Policy Journal

Scholarship at Western · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN1916-5781eISSN1916-5781

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.271

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.585

Total Worksi

385

Total Citationsi

6,598

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anthropology; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Cultural Studies; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

FrequencyFour Issues A Year, 2011-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications385

Publisher OrgUniversity of Western Ontario Libraries

OA Since2009

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

Scholars Portal

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Scholarship at Western

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1916-5781 / 1916-5781

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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?

Scholars Portal

❌

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

316

2019

338

2020

207

2021

105

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

AnthropologyQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AnthropologySocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsIndigenous Studies and EcologyCommunity Health and DevelopmentMining and Resource ManagementCanadian Identity and HistoryChild Abuse and TraumaQualitative Research Methods and EthicsFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsGlobal Health Workforce IssuesHealth Policy Implementation Science

Frequently asked questions about International Indigenous Policy Journal

Is International Indigenous Policy Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Indigenous Policy Journal: 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 International Indigenous Policy Journal?

International Indigenous Policy Journal 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 1.26.

Is International Indigenous Policy Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Indigenous Policy Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of International Indigenous Policy Journal?