Isis

University of Chicago Press · United States

ISSN0021-1753eISSN1545-6994

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI · AHCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.332

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

22,761

Total Citationsi

63,973

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Isis is a journal that publishes scholarly articles, research notes, and commentary on the history of science, medicine, and technology and their cultural influences. It also features review essays and book reviews on new publications in these areas.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency3x/year

StatusActive

Total Publications22,761

Publisher OrgUniversity of Chicago Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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?

University of Chicago Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0021-1753 / 1545-6994

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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

331

514

2019

281

500

2020

208

283

2021

199

367

2022

209

277

2023

201

2024

171

2025

139

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.

HistoryQ1

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ2

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History & Philosophy Of Science

Scopus Categories

HistoryEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)History and Philosophy of Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

History of Science and Natural HistoryAustralian Indigenous Culture and HistoryHistory of Science and MedicineDiverse Historical and Scientific StudiesScience and Climate Studies

Frequently asked questions about Isis

Is Isis a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Isis: 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 Isis?

Isis 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 0.09.

Is Isis indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Isis is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.