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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #447CAS 1区Top JournalHybrid

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Country: United Kingdom•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 3.913•SCImago Rank: #447•Identifier (ISSN):0969-6989(Print)/1873-1384(Online)•Articles / Year: 509•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $4,084 USD
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
13.7
↑ +0.6

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (Hirsch Index)
190

190 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate21.8%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
509articles/year
23.62% Gold OA•98.46% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

3.00pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 13.7)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20263.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 13.7)
🔵 Computed
20253.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 13.1)
🔵 Computed
20243.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 11)
🔵 Computed
20233.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 10.4)
🔵 Computed
20223.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 10.972)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

The journal is an international and interdisciplinary forum for research and debate in the rapidly developing - and converging - fields of retailing and services studies. Published quarterly, it focuses particularly on consumer behaviour and on policy and managerial decisions, encouraging contributions both from practitioners in the forefront of new developments in retailing and services, and from academics across a wide range of relevant disciplines. The Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services covers: • the distribution and selling of goods • the retailing of professional services such as health and law • the retailing of consumer services such as transportation, tourism, leisure, and personal financial services.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Business93.2%Marketing75.9%Economics57.4%Computer science57%Advertising53.6%Political science48.8%Psychology47%Law45.5%Philosophy45.1%Mathematics43.6%Biology33.3%Epistemology27.2%Geography27%Social psychology27%Statistics25.6%Sociology25.2%Physics25.2%History22%Engineering21.4%Archaeology21.3%Machine learning20.2%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #447Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1994-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Business, Management and Accounting
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
3.913

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
190

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
18.04

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$4,084 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations21,002
3-Year Documents1,160
Citable Documents1,157

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)3

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate43.9%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

MarketingQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
1区 (Zone 1)Management
Minor Category (Specific Field):
1区BUSINESS
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
BUSINESS
JCRSSCI
4/323Q1
BUSINESS
JCISSCI
7/324Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—372372
202513.14443,666
20241147314,042
202310.439719,394
202210.97229719,270
2021—41228,515
2020—35331,084
2019—29931,427
2018—19015,831
2017—17016,968
2016—19619,237
2015—12511,705
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

WoS Q1
7101316202220232024202513.10
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:13.1

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 21.8%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

Record UUID: 8a5d84b2-27bd-40a6-8a29-2353a98deee8
Database Updated: 2026-10-01