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Scientometrics Research Journal

Shahed University · Iran · Est. 2015

ISSN2423-5563

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q3+12

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total27

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 ↗

SJR Score

0.169

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.232

Aims & Scope

The Scientometrics Research Journal (Scientific Bi-Quarterly of Shahed University) is an open-access research journal that publishes papers in the related fields of scientometrics. As Shahed University is the scientometrics core and the first university that created the syllabus of the scientometrics master course in Iran, Tehran and founded the course in 2011, it has also published the journal as the scientometrics main journal in Iran since 2015. Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran (MSRT) has approved the journal and furthermore, it has been indexed in the ISC (Islamic World Science Citation Center) as one of the Q1 rank indexed journals. Furthermore, the Scientometrics Research Journal is covered by the Scopus citation index, and from the Spring-Summer 2021 issue onwards, articles published in this journal are indexed in that citation database. According to the Scimago database report, the Scientometrics Research Journal has achieved a Q3 ranking based on its Scopus-indexed data from 2021 to 2025. In addition, according to the Journals Commission Ranking of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) ), the journal was ranked A in 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , and 2022 , and achieved International ranking in 2023 , 2024. The journal undertakes rigorous peer-review and refereeing of all manuscripts and publishes high-quality articles in the following fields: Science, technology and innovation assessment and evaluation, Scientometrics, patentometrics, webometrics, cybermetrics, altmetrics, bibliometrics, informetrics, science mapping and visualization, relations between science and other related factors (such as economic, political, technologic and etc.), research evaluation, assessing and evaluating the planning and policy-making of science, technology and innovation, evaluation of scientific productivity, academic impact and social impact.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionIran

Primary LanguagePersian

1st Year Published2015

FrequencySemiannual

StatusActive

Total Publications—

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~31 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Shahed University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2423-5563

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Persian

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

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Library and Information SciencesQ3

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)