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Journal of the American Institute for Conservation

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0197-1360eISSN1945-2330

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.358

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.647

Total Worksi

1,622

Total Citationsi

15,002

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of the American Institute for Conservation (JAIC) publishes peer-reviewed reports, research articles, treatment case studies, ethics and standard discussions, review articles, and book reviews. These publications relate to the broad field of conservation and preservation.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive

Total Publications1,622

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0197-1360 / 1945-2330

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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

311

2019

2020

104

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.

ConservationQ1

MuseologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

MuseologyConservation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Conservation Techniques and StudiesCultural Heritage Materials AnalysisBuilding materials and conservationCultural Heritage Management and PreservationArchaeological Research and Protection

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the American Institute for Conservation

Is Journal of the American Institute for Conservation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the American Institute for Conservation: 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 Journal of the American Institute for Conservation?

Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 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 0.28.

Is Journal of the American Institute for Conservation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the American Institute for Conservation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.