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Current Science

Indian Academy of Sciences · India

ISSN0011-3891eISSN0011-3891

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.218

H-Indexi

115

SNIPi

0.536

Total Worksi

9,438

Total Citationsi

114,114

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.73

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Multidisciplinary Sciences; Multidisciplinary.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencySemimonthly, <Mar. 20, 1979->

StatusActive

Total Publications9,438

Publisher OrgIndian Academy of Sciences

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Indian Academy of Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0011-3891 / 0011-3891

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

502

5.4k

2019

481

3.6k

2020

416

2021

274

1.5k

2022

276

545

2023

281

436

2024

209

116

2025

106

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

MultidisciplinaryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Multidisciplinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Multidisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesAgricultural Economics and Practicesearthquake and tectonic studiesPlant tissue culture and regenerationPlant and animal studies

Frequently asked questions about Current Science

Is Current Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Science: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Current Science?

Current Science is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.73.

Is Current Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Current Science?