Journal profile · Multiple
International Indigenous Policy Journal
ISSN 1916-5781 · University of Western Ontario · Canada
International Indigenous Policy Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 10 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Indigenous Policy Journal is published by University of Western Ontario and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, Indigenous Studies and Ecology and Community Health and Development, together about 56.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
IIPJ welcomes scholarly articles that relate directly to Indigenous Peoples and have policy relevance. An article may focus on a single group, community, country, or population, but it must have policy implications or lessons that are relevant to other Indigenous Peoples or countries. Work that involves international comparison is a priority. IIPJ publishes four types of articles: Research articles use a systematic methodology, which should be described in the article, to analyze a specific research question or questions. IIPJ welcomes submissions using historical methods, qualitative and quantitative approaches, and mixed methodologies. Research using Indigenous or decolonizing methodologies are of particular interest. The article structure should typically include an introduction; literature review and/or theoretical framework; method; results or findings; discussion, including policy recommendations; and references. Ethics approval is required for submissions that involve data collected from human subjects. In these submissions, ethics procedures, including those specific to research with Indigenous Peoples, should be clearly described in the methods. Articles should be less than 10,000 words, excluding abstract, tables, figures, references, and appendices. Longer papers will be considered under special circumstances. Policy articles analyze or evaluate a program or policy. The author(s) may draw upon primary and/or secondary sources. The article structure should typically include an introduction; background, literature review, and/or theoretical framework; analysis; discussion, including policy recommendations; and references. Articles should be less than 10,000 words, excluding abstract, tables, figures, references, and appendices. Longer papers will be considered under special circumstances. Editorial articles provide a short commentary or opinion an issue or policy that may aim to interpret or explain, criticize, or persuade. Editorials must contribute to scholarly discourse. Editorial articles that are simply intended to be inflammatory, libelous, slanderous, or derogatory will not be considered. Articles should generally have fewer than 2,500 words. Methodology and methods articles describe innovations in research practice and research structures. These innovations can involve Indigenous methodologies, Western methodologies, or both. The article may present a new approach to research, a modification of existing methods, the use of traditional meth
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Nicholas SpencePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Canada 6, United States 3, Russia 3, India 1, New Zealand 1 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsSocial Sciences36.8%
- Indigenous Studies and EcologyHealth Professions13.6%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions6.3%
- Mining and Resource ManagementEngineering5.8%
- Canadian Identity and HistorySocial Sciences4%
- Child Abuse and TraumaPsychology3.3%
- Qualitative Research Methods and EthicsSocial Sciences2.3%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions2.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 172OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 76.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 398 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | 44 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 41 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 108 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 209 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
IIPJ is committed to ethical publishing practices that: Are fair, impartial, and transparent Maintain editorial independence Promote high quality scholarship Adhere to ethical standards in research and scholarship, including those specific to work with Indigenous Peoples Support academic freedom and intellectual property rights Respect copyright and other legal standards in publishing Our publicat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives license Model summary
In keeping with IIPJ's Open Access policy, IIPJ has a shared approach to copyright. A shared approach means that authors do not have to waive all of their rights to the work published in IIPJ. By submitting to IIPJ, the author(s) grant(s) IIPJ the right to: Copy edit the article, Display the article in perpetuity, and Enforce the conditions of the Creative Commons license associated with the artic…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Open Access with shared copyright approach Model summary
Open access publishing is an international movement designed to accelerate and improve access to research literature that is often publicly funded as a means to improving the health, well-being, and economic viability of those impacted. IIPJ has adopted an open-access policy to help ensure that valuable knowledge is transferred without barriers in order to effect change among Indigenous Peoples, g…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Western Ontario
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1916-5781
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Indigenous Policy Journal
What CAS zone is International Indigenous Policy Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Indigenous Policy Journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Anthropology / Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at International Indigenous Policy Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of International Indigenous Policy Journal based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (6), United States (3) and Russia (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Indigenous Policy Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Indigenous Policy Journal is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Indigenous Policy Journal open access, and what is the APC?
International Indigenous Policy Journal is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .