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History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Springer International Publishing AG · Switzerland

ISSN0391-9714eISSN1742-6316

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.318

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.779

Total Worksi

872

Total Citationsi

6,162

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History & Philosophy Of Science; History; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); History and Philosophy of Science.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Frequency4 No. A Year, 1999-

StatusActive

Total Publications872

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer International Publishing AG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0391-9714 / 1742-6316

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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

413

2019

462

2020

128

1.2k

2021

364

2022

114

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.

HistoryQ1

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q2

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History & Philosophy Of Science

Scopus Categories

HistoryArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)History and Philosophy of Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Philosophy and History of ScienceHistory of Science and MedicineDiverse Historical and Scientific StudiesEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationHistory of Science and Natural History

Frequently asked questions about History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Is History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences: 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 History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences?

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 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 0.88.

Is History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences?