Lychnos

Lärdomshistoriska samfundet · Sweden · Est. 1936

ISSN0076-1648eISSN2004-4852

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Aims & Scope

Lychnos publishes current research in the history of ideas in a broad sense, including the history of science, knowledge, technology, environment, and medicine. Articles can be written in Scandinavian languages or English. In addition to scholarly articles, reviews and topic-relevant commentaries, as well as notices, are published.

General Information

Country / RegionSweden

Primary LanguageSwedish, English, Norwegian, Danish

1st Year Published1936

Frequencyannual

StatusActive

Total Publications—

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lärdomshistoriska samfundet

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0076-1648 / 2004-4852

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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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)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Swedish, English, Norwegian, Danish

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

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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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social and Educational SciencesDigital Humanities and ScholarshipArctic and Russian Policy StudiesDigital and Traditional Archives ManagementIndigenous Studies and EcologyBiographical and Historical AnalysisHousing, Finance, and NeoliberalismPolar Research and EcologyTwentieth Century Scientific DevelopmentsHistory of Science and Natural History

Frequently asked questions about Lychnos

Is Lychnos a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Lychnos: it is indexed in DOAJ, 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 Lychnos?

Lychnos is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

Is Lychnos indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Lychnos is indexed in DOAJ.