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Bulletin of Symbolic Logic

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN1079-8986eISSN1943-5894

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.468

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.646

Total Worksi

1,884

Total Citationsi

13,464

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Bulletin of Symbolic Logic is the official journal of the Association for Symbolic Logic. It publishes original research articles in all areas of pure and applied logic, including: foundations of mathematics, philosophy of mathematics, mathematical logic, and philosophical logic. The journal also publishes book reviews and survey articles.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications1,884

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer ReviewSingle-blind 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

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1079-8986 / 1943-5894

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind 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)?

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

188

2019

2020

138

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.

PhilosophyQ1

LogicQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

LogicMathematics

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyLogic

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Logic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeComputability, Logic, AI AlgorithmsAdvanced Algebra and LogicAdvanced Topology and Set TheoryDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of Symbolic Logic

Is Bulletin of Symbolic Logic a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Bulletin of Symbolic Logic: 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 Bulletin of Symbolic Logic?

Bulletin of Symbolic Logic 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 Bulletin of Symbolic Logic indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bulletin of Symbolic Logic is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.