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Performance Improvement Quarterly

International Society for Performance Improvement · United States · Est. 1988

ISSN1937-8327

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.513

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,307

Total Citationsi

18,120

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Performance Improvement Quarterly is a peer-reviewed research journal that advances the interdisciplinary field of performance improvement and human performance technology. It publishes scholarly works including literature reviews, experimental studies, survey research, and case studies.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

Annual Volume~ 10 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,307

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

International Society for Performance Improvement

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1937-8327

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

344

2019

291

2020

190

2021

228

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.

EducationQ2

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Industrial Relations & Labor

Scopus Categories

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Human Resource Development and Performance EvaluationJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorOrganizational Learning and LeadershipOnline and Blended LearningEvaluation and Performance AssessmentInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsComplex Systems and Decision MakingKnowledge Management and SharingAccounting and Organizational ManagementTeam Dynamics and Performance

Frequently asked questions about Performance Improvement Quarterly

Is Performance Improvement Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Performance Improvement Quarterly: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Performance Improvement Quarterly?

Performance Improvement Quarterly 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 0.29.

Is Performance Improvement Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Performance Improvement Quarterly is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.