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How do I find Q1 Q2 Q3/Q4 journal?
For checking of journal quartiles (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) for the indexed journals in the ISI/SSCI one can check Master journal list and Journal citation report. You can search from the web of science, Journal Citation Reports. It can divide into four different quadrants starting with Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4. Q index simply means quartile which is the ranking of any journal that belongs to a specific or particular field of discipline and also known as the parameter of measuring or ranking of a journal. Q1 to Q4 refer to journal ranking quartiles within a subdiscipline using the SJR citation index. Thus, a first quartile journal (i.e., Q1) has an SJR in the top 25% of journals for at least one of its classified subdisciplines. The quartile is given as either Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4 where Q1 indicates that the journal is in the top 25% of its subject category while Q4 indicates it is in the bottom 25% of the journals in that category. For the percentile figure, the scale runs from 100 (highest rank) down to 1 (lowest rank). There are a total of 1460 Elsevier Q1 journals in 2023. The top 60 Q1 Elsevier journals are listed in this blog post. However, the researchers can download the complete list of Elsevier Q1 journals from the official website of Scopus. Widely trusted by major institutions across the globe, Scopus is the data source for Times Higher Education and QS rankings, and it is used by more than 84% of the top 100 universities.
How do I know if my journal is Q1 or Q2?
Q1 is occupied by the top 25% of journals in the list; Q2 is occupied by journals in the 25 to 50% group; Q3 is occupied by journals in the 50 to 75% group and Q4 is occupied by journals in the 75 to 100% group. The latest Quartile of IEEE ACCESS is Q1. Each subject category of journals is divided into four quartiles: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4. Q1 is shorthand for the first quartile or the top 25% of a subject area. These ratings are updated yearly and usually run on a three or four year cycle (i.e. they rate journals based on their performance over the last three or four years). Scopus is a subscription database. The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) has four ranks for the journals (Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4). Here Q stands for Quarter in statistics that classify journals in four categories. For almost all of the newly added MDPI titles, their CiteScore ranks in the upper 50% of the distribution (Q1 or Q2) in at least one of the research areas. The majority of journals, in fact, fall in the bracket of an IF of 1-1+. So, a journal with an IF of 2-2.5 would be considered having a higher impact than these journals. A journal with an IF of 5 or above would be considered high-impact, but note that these would be fewer in number.
How do I find Q1 Q2 Q3/Q4 journal?
For checking of journal quartiles (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) for the indexed journals in the ISI/SSCI one can check Master journal list and Journal citation report. You can search from the web of science, Journal Citation Reports. Usually Q4 journals have lesser impact as compared to other quartiles (Q1, Q2, Q3) and occupied in the 75% to 100% category. Thus it is better to not choose from Q4 list until the journal is SCI/SCIE or Scopus indexed (mostly unlikely). These files contain the last release of SCOPUS Indexed Journals released on June 2021. Here you can easily find updated list of Medline indexed journals, NEWLY added journals to Scopus, and even you can search with CiteScore, subject, field, publisher, ISSN and specialization. This analysis argues that, in general, a scientific journal with an impact factor greater than 10 could be considered a top journal in most fields. Another way to identify top journals is by looking at h-index rankings, which are easy to compare using the Google Scholar h-index ranking tool.