QED

Michigan State University Press · United States · Est. 2013

ISSN2327-1574eISSN2327-1590

SJR Q4✓ 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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.11

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

719

Total Citationsi

5,755

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Issues; Cultural Studies; Gender Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 41 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications719

Publisher OrgMichigan State University 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?

Michigan State University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2327-1574 / 2327-1590

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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

515

2018

418

2019

650

2020

2021

2022

230

2023

2024

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.

Cultural StudiesQ4

Gender StudiesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Issues

Scopus Categories

Gender StudiesCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyGender, Feminism, and MediaLatin American and Latino StudiesAfrican Sexualities and LGBTQ+ IssuesMedia Studies and CommunicationRhetoric and Communication StudiesRace, History, and American SocietySexuality, Behavior, and TechnologySocial Media and PoliticsCinema and Media Studies

Frequently asked questions about QED

Is QED a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for QED: 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 QED?

QED 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 0.23.

Is QED indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

QED is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of QED?