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Science as Culture

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0950-5431eISSN1470-1189

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

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

300

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 273d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.089

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.534

Total Worksi

1,344

Total Citationsi

21,546

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.98

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Science as Culture publishes research that critiques the role of values, interest, ideology and purposes, placing science in the wider debate on the values which constitute culture. The journal publishes research in the areas of Biology & Politics. Its culture is a scientific one, defining what is natural and what is rational.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly, 1991-

StatusActive

Total Publications1,344

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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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?

0950-5431 / 1470-1189

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

495

2019

307

2020

644

2021

387

2022

188

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.

Biomedical EngineeringQ1

BiotechnologyQ1

Cultural StudiesQ1

Health (social science)Q1

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cultural StudiesHistory & Philosophy Of Science

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologySociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesBiomedical EngineeringHistory and Philosophy of ScienceHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Human auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesClimate Change Communication and PerceptionGeographies of human-animal interactions

Frequently asked questions about Science as Culture

Is Science as Culture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Science as Culture: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Science as Culture?

Science as Culture 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 0.98.

Is Science as Culture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Science as Culture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.