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Journal of Global South Studies

University of Florida Press · United States · Est. 2015

ISSN2476-1397

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

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 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.246

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.417

Total Worksi

491

Total Citationsi

266

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Global South Studies is an interdisciplinary scholarly journal that examines development problems and issues, as well as pioneering efforts, in the developing world. It explores current and historic economic, political, social, and international relationships facing the Global South region.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 46 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications491

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Florida Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2476-1397

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

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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.

HistoryQ1

DevelopmentQ3

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistoryDevelopmentPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

African history and culture studiesInternational Development and AidGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesCuban History and SocietyChinese history and philosophyColonialism, slavery, and tradeVietnamese History and Culture StudiesHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsHistory of Science and MedicineAfrican cultural and philosophical studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Global South Studies

Is Journal of Global South Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Global South Studies: it is indexed in 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 Journal of Global South Studies?

Journal of Global South Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.246.

Is Journal of Global South Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Global South Studies is indexed in Scopus.