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S.No. Title Publisher Broad Publication Area ISSN Quartile
61 Biomedical Photonics Dermatology (Q3); Surgery (Q3) 24139432 Q3
62 BRICS LAW JOURNAL LLC V EM PUBLISHING HOUSE Law 2412-2343 Q3
63 BRODOGRADNJA UNIV ZAGREB FAC MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & NAVAL ARCHITECTURE Engineering, Marine 1845-5859 Q2
64 MLJEKARSTVO CROATIAN DAIRY UNION Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science 0026-704X Q3
65 SCIENTIA MARINA CONSEJO SUPERIOR INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS-CSIC Marine & Freshwater Biology 1886-8134 Q2
66 Vikalpa SAGE Publications Ltd Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) (Q3); Decision Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q3) 23953799, 02560909 Q3
67 Revija za Sociologiju Hrvatsko Sociolosko Drustvo/Croatian Sociological Association Sociology and Political Science (Q3) 0350154X Q3
68 SCIENCE OF SINTERING INT INST SCIENCE SINTERING (I I S S) Materials Science, Ceramics | Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering 1820-7413 Q2
69 Acta Stomatologica Naissi University of Nis Dentistry (miscellaneous) (Q4) 18201202, 03525252 Q4
70 Acta Clinica Croatica Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital Center Medicine, General & Internal 1333-9451 Q3
71 Festival dell'Architettura Magazine Festival Architettura Edizioni Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q2); Architecture (Q3); Urban Studies (Q4) 20390491 Q2
72 Estudios Geologicos CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas Geology (Q3) 19883250, 03670449 Q3
73 GEOGRAPHICA PANNONICA UNIV & NOVOM SADU, PRIRODNO-MATEMATICKI FAK Geography 1820-7138 Q2
74 MATERIALES DE CONSTRUCCION CONSEJO SUPERIOR INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS-CSIC Construction & Building Technology | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary 1988-3226 Q2
75 Narodna Umjetnost Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research Anthropology (Q4); Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q4); Cultural Studies (Q4) 5472504 Q4
76 Journal of Human Growth and Development Centro de Estudos do Crescimento e do Desenvolvimento do Ser Humano Life-span and Life-course Studies (Q4) 01041282, 21753598 Q4
77 ESTUDIOS GERENCIALES UNIV ICESI Economics 0123-5923 Q4
78 Training, Language and Culture RUDN University Cultural Studies (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q2); Education (Q3) 2521442X, 25202073 Q1
79 RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS PEOPLES FRIENDSHIP UNIV RUSSIA Language & Linguistics 2686-8024 Q1
80 Russian Language Studies RUDN University Linguistics and Language (Q1); Education (Q2) 26188171, 26188163 Q1
81 Revista de historia Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia History (Q3) 00348309, 23169141 Q3
82 Journal of Biomedical Science BioMed Central Cell Biology | Medicine, Research & Experimental 1423-0127 Q1
83 WikiJournal of Medicine Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) (Q4) 20024436 Q4
84 Polarforschung Copernicus GmbH Oceanography (Q4) 322490 Q4
85 Studies in African Linguistics Department of Linguistics and the African Studies Center, University of California Linguistics and Language (Q3) 393533 Q3
86 Wirtschaftsdienst Springer Verlag Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) (Q3) 00436275, 1613978X Q3
87 Journal of Higher Education Policy and Leadership Studies Ali Khorsandi Taskoh Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q3); Education (Q4); Public Administration (Q4); Strategy and Management (Q4) 27171426 Q3
88 REVISTA CHILENA DE LITERATURA UNIV CHILE, FAC FILOS HUMAN EDUC Literature, Romance 0718-2295 Q2
89 Studia Anglica Posnaniensia De Gruyter Open Ltd. Literature and Literary Theory (Q2); Linguistics and Language (Q3) 816272 Q2
90 Arhiv za Farmaciju Farmaceutsko Drustvo Srbije Pharmaceutical Science (Q4); Pharmacology (Q4) 41963 Q4
91 CROATICA CHEMICA ACTA CROATIAN CHEMICAL SOC Chemistry, Multidisciplinary 1334-417X Q4
92 FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTING AND DECISION SCIENCES SCIENDO Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence 2300-3405 Q3
93 Nova Economia Universidade de Minas Gerais Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (Q4) 01036351, 19805381 Q4
94 KONA POWDER AND PARTICLE JOURNAL HOSOKAWA POWDER TECHNOL FOUNDATION Engineering, Chemical | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary 2187-5537 Q2
95 WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IWA PUBLISHING Engineering, Environmental | Environmental Sciences | Water Resources 1996-9732 Q2
96 Comechingonia Instituto de Estudios Historicos Archeology (Q1); Archeology (arts and humanities) (Q1); Anthropology (Q2) 03267911, 22507728 Q1
97 CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING QUARTERLY CROATIAN SOC CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Engineering, Chemical 1846-5153 Q3
98 Botanica Pacifica Botanical Garden-Institute Ecology (Q4); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q4); Plant Science (Q4) 24103713, 22264701 Q4
99 AMERICAN STUDIES IN SCANDINAVIA ODENSE UNIV PRESS Humanities, Multidisciplinary 0044-8060 Q3
100 COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS MIT PRESS Linguistics 1530-9312 Q1
101 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS MIT PRESS Linguistics 2307-387X Q1
102 Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia Persatuan Geologi Malaysia Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q3) 1266187 Q3
103 Klinik Psikiyatri Dergisi ANP Publishing Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q4) 21467153, 13020099 Q4
104 ANALES CERVANTINOS CONSEJO SUPERIOR INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS-CSIC Literature, Romance 1988-8325 Q1
105 ARTI MUSICES CROATIAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOC Music 1848-9303 Q4
106 CUADERNOS EUROPEOS DE DEUSTO UNIV DEUSTO International Relations | Law 2445-3587 Q1
107 Journal of Stroke Korean Stroke Society Clinical Neurology | Peripheral Vascular Diseases 2287-6405 Q1
108 Humanities Diliman University of the Philippines Literature and Literary Theory (Q2); Cultural Studies (Q3); Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q3) 16551532, 20120788 Q2
109 Folia Onomastica Croatica Hrvatska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti Linguistics and Language (Q4) 13300695 Q4
110 Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia Fundacao Getulio Vargas Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q4) 18095267, 01008692 Q4
111 CANADIAN JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION CANADIAN SOC STUDY HIGHER EDUCATION Education & Educational Research 0316-1218 Q3
112 Continuity in Education Ubiquity Press Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q3); Education (Q3); Physiology (medical) (Q3); Social Psychology (Q3) 26319179 Q3
113 Pravni Zapisi Faculty of Law, Union University in Belgrade Law (Q3); Sociology and Political Science (Q3) 24061387, 22172815 Q3
114 Cadernos Pagu Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP Gender Studies (Q3) 1048333 Q3
115 PERSIAN JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY ACAROLOGICAL SOCIETY IRAN Entomology 2251-8169 Q2
116 Italian Journal of Sociology of Education Padova University Press Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q3); Education (Q4) 20354983 Q3
117 Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation Rehabilitation 2288-1778 Q2
118 Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics University of Kassel Agronomy and Crop Science (Q3); Development (Q3); Forestry (Q3); Geography, Planning and Development (Q3); Animal Science and Zoology (Q4) 16129830 Q3
119 Comparative Law Review Nicolaus Copernicus University Law (Q4) 08669449, 23917644 Q4
120 Brazilian Journal of Political Economy Centro de Economia Politica Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (Q3); Political Science and International Relations (Q3); Sociology and Political Science (Q3) 18094538, 01013157 Q3