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COUNTRIES

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Journals

Find a Journal. Journal Search

Journals can be searched by journal title, ISSN or publisher. When searching by journal title or journal publisher, individual words or exact wording/phrase can be used.

Rank Journals. Journal Indicators

The journal sets listed in the rankings can be customized using filtering and ranking criteria, as well as by applying a lower threshold. Data is available for download in csv format.

Ranking and filtering options include:

Display only Open Access Journals: Rankings can be generated exclusively for Open Access journals. If this filter is not applied, an open padlock icon appears next to the journal titles, indicating that they are OA journals.
Scopus® Subject Areas and Subject Categories: Journals are categorized into 27 major subject areas and more than 300 specific subject categories according to the Scopus® Classification. These categories can be used to refine the output set.
Regions and countries: Journals can be retrieved for all regions and countries or for each of the regions and countries separately.
Year: Source year for obtained values.
Order by: The result sets can be ranked based on any available indicator: SJR, H-Index, Total Documents, Total Documents (3 years), Total References, Total Cites (3 years), Citable Documents (3 years), Cites per Document (2 years), and References per Document.
Display journals with at least: It offers the possibility to set a threshold for the number of citable documents or total cites.

Each journal can be analyzed separately by clicking the journal title link (either from the journal search results or the journal ranking list) to access an individual profile, which includes time series tables and charts for analyzing significant metrics of the journal's performance.
The individual profile offers: the country of the journal, subject area, subject category, publisher, publication type, ISSN, coverage, the scope and different indicators.
Indicators offered for each journal: H Index, Quartiles, SJR, Citations per document (4, 3 and 2 years), Total Cites, Self-Cites, External Cites per Document, Cites per Document, International Collaboration, Citable Documents, Non-Citable Documents, Cites Documents, Uncited Documents.
The series charts and tables display the performance trends of these indicators from 1999 to 2024. The description of the indicators are included on the table views.

Understanding indicators, tables and charts

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) indicator: Represents the average number of weighted citations received in the selected year by documents published in the chosen journal during the previous three years. For example, it counts the weighted citations received in year X for documents published in the journal in years X-1, X-2, and X-3. See detailed description of SJR (PDF).
The set of journals are ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups (Quartiles), with Q1 representing the highest value and Q4 the lowest. The Quartile data is only available for Journals and Book Series.
H Index: The h-index expresses the journal's number of articles (h) that have received at least h citations. It quantifies both journal scientific output and scientific impact; it is also applicable to scientists, countries, etc. (See Hirsch, J.E. (2005)).
Total Documents: Number of documents published by a journal in the selected year. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.
Total Documents (3 years): Number of documents published by a journal in the three years prior to the selected year (documents from the selected year are excluded). For example, when year X is selected, documents published in years X-1, X-2, and X-3 are retrieved. All types of documents are considered, including both citable and non-citable documents.
Citable Documents (3 years): Number of citable documents published by a journal in the three years prior to the selected year (documents from the selected year are excluded). Only articles, reviews and conference papers are considered.
Non-citable Docs. (Available in the journal's profile): Ratio of non-citable documents in the three years prior to the selected year (documents from the selected year are excluded).
Total Cites (3 years): Number of citations received by a journal for documents published in the previous three years (i.e. citations received in year X to documents published in years X-1, X-2 and X-3). All types of documents are considered.
Cites per Document (2 years): Average citations per document over a two-year period. It is calculated by considering the number of citations received by a journal in the current year for documents published in the previous two years. For example, citations received in year X for documents published in years X-1 and X-2.
Cites per Document (3 years) (Available in the journal's profile): Average citations per document over a three-year period. It is calculated by considering the number of citations received by a journal in the current year for documents published in the previous three years. For example, citations received in year X for documents published in years X-1, X-2, and X-3.
Cites per Document (4 years) (Available in the journal's profile): Average citations per document over a four-year period. It is computed by considering the number of citations received by a journal in the current year for documents published in the previous four years. For example, citations received in year X for documents published in years X-1, X-2, X-3, and X-4.
Self Cites (Available in the journal's profile): The number of citations by a journal in the selected year to its own documents published in the previous three years. For example, self-citations in year X to documents published in years X-1, X-2, and X-3. All types of documents are considered.
Cited Documents (Available in the journal's profile): Number of documents cited at least once in the three previous years. For example, the cited documents in year X represent the total cited documents in years X-1, X-2 and X-3.
Uncited Documents (Available in the journal's profile): Number of uncited documents in the three previous years. For example, the uncited documents in year X represent the total uncited documents in years X-1, X-2 and X-3.
Total References: It includes all the bibliographical references in a journal in the selected year.
References per Document: Average number of references per document in the selected year.
% International Collaboration (Available in the journal's profile): Document ratio whose affiliation includes more than one country address.
% Female Authors: Percentage of female authors. To determine the gender of authors, a method based on given names was employed, grounded in "cultural consensus theory" (See Van Buskirk et al. (2023)).
Documents cited by public policy (Overton) (Available in the journal's profile): Number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.
Documents related to SDGs (UN) (Available in the journal's profile): Number of documents related to the Sustainable Development Goals defined by the United Nations according to the Elsevier 2023 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Mapping. Available from 2018 onwards.
ESTIMATED APC: It estimates the article processing charges (APCs) a journal might charge, based on its visibility, prestige, and impact as measured by the SJR. It does not reflect the actual APC, but rather a calculated approximation based on journal quality. (See See Halevi et al., 2024)
ESTIMATED Financial Value: It represents the potential financial worth of a journal. It is obtained by multiplying the journal's Estimated APC by the total number of citable documents published over the past five years. This value reflects the hypothetical revenue a journal could generate based on its estimated publication costs and scholarly output. (See See Halevi et al., 2024)

Countries and World Regions

Find a Country

Countries and regions can be easily browsed through the world Regions and Country lists displayed in the Country Rankings.

Rank Countries and World Regions. Country indicators

The Country Rankings can be customized using filtering and ranking criteria, as well as by applying a lower threshold. Data is available for download in csv format.

Ranking and filtering options include:

Scopus® Subject Areas and Subject Categories: Journals are categorized into 27 major subject areas and more than 300 specific subject categories according to the Scopus® Classification. These categories can be used to refine the output set.
Region: Fifteen major World Regions to facilitate sectorial analysis.
Year: Source year for obtained values
Order by: The result set can be ranked by Documents, Citable Documents, Citations, Self-Citations, Citation per Document and H index
Display countries with at least: It offers the possibility to set a threshold for the number of published documents, citable documents, or citations.

Each country can be analyzed separately by clicking on the country name link to access an individual profile. This profile includes time series tables and charts to analyze key metrics of the country's performance.

The individual profile provides the option to analyze the country across all subject areas collectively or by each specific subject area, along with several indicators.
Indicators offered for each country: H Index, Documents, Citations, Citation per Document, Citable Documents and % of Citable Documents, External Cites and % of External Cites, Citable Documents and Non-Citable documents, the total output and its percentage over the region and over the world, Cited Documents and Uncited Documents, Documents by Subject Area, % of International Collaboration, External Cites and Self-Cites, % of Open Access Output.
The series tables and charts display the performance trends of these indicators from 1996 to the present.

Understanding indicators, tables and charts

Documents: Number of documents published during the selected year or the full period (1996-2024). It is usually called the country's scientific output.
Citable Documents: Number of citable documents published during the selected year or full period (1996-2024). Only articles, reviews and conference papers are considered.
Non-citable Documents (Available in the country profile): Number of non-citable documents by year or for the full period (1996-2024). The ratio of non-citable documents for the full period is also available on the graphs.
Citations: Number of citations to documents published during the selected year. It refers to the citations received for the documents of the selected year (i.e. 2020) during 2020 and the following years since the date of publication. When the full period is selected (1996-2024), all the published documents during that period are considered.
Citations per Document: Average citations per document published during the selected year. It refers to the average citations per document received for the documents of the selected year (i.e. 2020) during 2020 and the following years since the date of publication. When the full period is selected (1996-2024), all the published documents during that period are considered.
Self Citations: The number of self-citations received by the country documents of the selected year (i.e. 2020) during 2020 and the following years since the date of publication. When the full period is selected (1996-2024), all the published documents during that period are considered.
H index: The h-index expresses the country's number of articles (h) that have received at least h citations. It quantifies both country scientific output and scientific impact; it is also applicable to scientists, journals, etc. (See Hirsch, J.E. (2005)). It represents a cumulative value.
Cited Documents (Available in the country profile): Number of documents cited at least once per year.
Uncited Documents (Available in the country profile): Number of uncited documents; documents that have never been cited per year.
% International Collaboration (Available in the country profile): Ratio of documents whose affiliations include more than one country address per year.
% Region (Available in the country profile): Country's relative contribution to the region's total publication output per year.; Country's relative contribution to the world's total publication output per year.

Embedding

In addition to the data available on SCImago Journal & Country Rank, the SJR metric can be embedded into a website as a clickable image widget. The widget for a journal shows:

Journal title.
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank): trend graph of this metric and the value obtained in the last year available.
Journal title.
Best Quartile and subject category in which the journal has been ranked, according to its best position.

The clickable image takes users to the full profile of the journal on SCImago Journal & Country Rank.

To embed the widget, copy and paste the code into your website or blog.