Vikalpa

SAGE Publications Ltd · India

ISSN2395-3799

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.297

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.664

Total Worksi

1,936

Total Citationsi

12,636

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Vikalpa publishes original papers from academicians and practitioners in management disciplines including accounting and management control, agriculture management, managerial communication, economics, finance and banking, information technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, marketing, and operations management. The journal also covers academic research in management, economics, accounting, and strategic leadership.

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General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,936

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2395-3799

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

777

2019

231

2020

230

2021

121

2022

113

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.

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q3

Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Indian Economic and Social DevelopmentGlobal and Cross-Cultural ManagementCorporate Finance and GovernanceGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesManagement Theory and PracticeFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesManagement and Organizational StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesInternational Business and FDIHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Vikalpa

Is Vikalpa a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Vikalpa: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Vikalpa?

Vikalpa is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.297.

Is Vikalpa indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Vikalpa is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.