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Northern Lights

Intellect Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN2040-0586

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.111

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.077

Total Worksi

187

Total Citationsi

1,836

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Visual Arts and Performing Arts; Communication.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 9 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications187

Publisher OrgIntellect

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Intellect Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2040-0586

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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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2025

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.

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ3

CommunicationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Media and PoliticsGender, Feminism, and MediaDigital Games and MediaCinema and Media StudiesMedia, Gender, and AdvertisingCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentCrime and Detective Fiction StudiesVisual Culture and Art TheoryGothic Literature and Media Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Northern Lights

Is Northern Lights a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Northern Lights: it is indexed in 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 Northern Lights?

Northern Lights is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.111.

Is Northern Lights indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Northern Lights is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Northern Lights?