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Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe

South African Academy for Science and the Arts · South Africa

ISSN0041-4751eISSN2224-7912

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.189

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.316

Total Worksi

1,836

Total Citationsi

1,977

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe publishes original research and review articles in the fields of theology, languages, art and culture, social sciences, economic sciences, and educational sciences. It also includes book reviews, chronicles, and poems.

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General Information

Country / RegionSouth Africa

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 57 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,836

Publisher OrgAcademy of Science of South Africa

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

South African Academy for Science and the Arts

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0041-4751 / 2224-7912

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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?

N/A

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

152

2019

122

2020

117

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Issues

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal Issues in South AfricaLexicography and Language StudiesSouth African History and Culturelinguistics and terminology studiesReformed Theology and Governance

Frequently asked questions about Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe

Is Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe: 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 Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe?

Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe 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 0.07.

Is Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.