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Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 2003

ISSN2504-0537eISSN2504-0537

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.495

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.972

Total Worksi

486

Total Citationsi

5,818

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics is an open-access journal that publishes research on the development and application of metrics and analytics for evaluating research, researchers, institutions, and scientific journals. It covers topics such as bibliometrics, scientometrics, altmetrics, research assessment, research policy, and the impact of research.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyContinuous

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications486

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2015

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2504-0537 / 2504-0537

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

215

2019

437

2020

1.9k

2021

100

854

2022

872

2023

432

2024

236

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.

Library and Information SciencesQ2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Information Science & Library Science

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

scientometrics and bibliometrics researchResearch Data Management PracticesAcademic Publishing and Open AccessScientific Computing and Data ManagementBiomedical Text Mining and OntologiesTopic ModelingComplex Network Analysis TechniquesMeta-analysis and systematic reviewsHealth and Medical Research ImpactsEthics in Clinical Research

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics

Is Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics?

Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics 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 3.02.

Is Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.