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Genocide Studies International

University of Toronto Press · Canada · Est. 2014

ISSN2291-1855

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.109

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

186

Total Citationsi

354

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science; Law; Political Science and International Relations; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 7 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications186

Publisher OrgUniversity of Toronto Press

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Toronto Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2291-1855

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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

105

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

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.

LawQ4

Political Science and International RelationsQ4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Peace and Security DynamicsHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsTurkey's Politics and SocietyCambodian History and SocietyAsian Geopolitics and EthnographyInternational Law and Human RightsMiddle East and Rwanda ConflictsPost-Soviet Geopolitical DynamicsHealth and Conflict StudiesPosthumanist Ethics and Activism

Frequently asked questions about Genocide Studies International

Is Genocide Studies International a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Genocide Studies International: 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 Genocide Studies International?

Genocide Studies International 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 0.05.

Is Genocide Studies International indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Genocide Studies International is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Genocide Studies International?