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Valuation

A first look at a journal’s record

Type an ISSN. We read what OpenAlex and Crossref publicly record about the journal and set out what a buyer would look at. It is a first look: indicative, and not an appraisal.

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Look up an ISSN

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Eight digits, like 0000-0000. A journal often has two (print and online); either will do.

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What this page is, and is not

  • It is indicative. It is not an appraisal, and nothing here is certified.
  • It shows only what OpenAlex and Crossref record. Registries are incomplete and lag behind the journal itself, so a gap may be theirs, not the journal’s.
  • It says nothing about indexing in the large commercial citation indexes, which are not read here. Each index’s own site is the place to check.
  • It gives no score and no grade, and invents no figure. Where a registry is silent, the page says “not recorded”.
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