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Demographic Research

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research · Germany · Est. 1996

ISSN2363-7064

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.934

H-Indexi

113

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.302

Total Worksi

1,960

Total Citationsi

66,986

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Demographic Research is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal of population sciences published by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany. Contributions are generally published within one month of final acceptance. Demographic Research aims to: publish top-quality research and related material from the full range of disciplines that bear on demography, including the social sciences, the life sciences, mathematics and statistics, policy research, and research on the discipline itself; encourage the development of an international community concerned with Demographic Research, including researchers, teachers, students, data producers, and users of demographic knowledge in government, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector; harness the potential of the internet. Articles may include data files, computer programs, and other supporting material, as well as links to other resources; and promote the replicability of population-related research, by encouraging and recognizing contributions that allow reproduction of results through sharing of data and code All material published in Demographic Research will be maintained online from volume 1 forward.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

Annual Volume~ 82 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,960

Publisher OrgMax Planck Institute for Demographic Research

OA Since1998

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCreative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, 2.0 Germany

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2363-7064

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

107

2.6k

2019

1.8k

2020

1.7k

2021

818

2022

575

2023

422

2024

100

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.

DemographyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Demography

Scopus Categories

Demography

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Family Dynamics and RelationshipsIntergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingDemographic Trends and Gender PreferencesInsurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementGlobal Health Care IssuesHealth disparities and outcomesGender, Labor, and Family DynamicsMigration and Labor DynamicsGlobal Maternal and Child Healthdemographic modeling and climate adaptation

Frequently asked questions about Demographic Research

Is Demographic Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Demographic Research: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Demographic Research?

Demographic Research 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 2.10.

Is Demographic Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Demographic Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.