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Technology and Culture

Johns Hopkins University Press · United States · Est. 1959

ISSN1097-3729
SJR Q1WOS SCIEWOS SSCIWOS A&HCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.343
H-Indexi
157
SNIPi
1.288
Total Worksi
13,273
Total Citationsi
169,681
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.10
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Technology and Culture, the preeminent journal of the history of technology, draws on scholarship in diverse disciplines to publish insightful pieces intended for general readers as well as specialists. Subscribers include scientists, engineers, anthropologists, sociologists, economists, museum curators, archivists, scholars, librarians, educators, historians, and many others. In addition to scholarly essays, each issue features 30-40 book reviews and reviews of new museum exhibitions. To illuminate important debates and draw attention to specific topics, the journal occasionally publishes thematic issues.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1959
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications13,273
Publisher OrgJohns Hopkins University Press
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Johns Hopkins University Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1097-3729
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
double-blind peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
125
367
2019
157
555
2020
199
155
2021
206
170
2022
221
105
2023
210
61
2024
199
24
2025
147
1
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
Engineering (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History & Philosophy Of Science

Scopus Categories

HistoryEngineering (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

American Environmental and Regional HistoryHistory of Science and MedicineHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisHistory of Computing TechnologiesHistory and Developments in AstronomyResearch, Science, and AcademiaDiverse Historical and Scientific StudiesSpace exploration and regulationTwentieth Century Scientific DevelopmentsAmerican History and Culture

Frequently asked questions about Technology and Culture

Is Technology and Culture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Technology and Culture: 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 Technology and Culture?

Technology and 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 0.10.

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

Technology and Culture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Technology and Culture?

Technology and Culture, the preeminent journal of the history of technology, draws on scholarship in diverse disciplines to publish insightful pieces intended for general readers as well as specialists. Subscribers include scientists, engineers, anthropologists, sociologists, economists, museum curators, archivists, scholars, librarians, educators, historians, and many others. In addition to scholarly essays, each issue features 30-40 book reviews and reviews of new museum exhibitions. To illuminate important debates and draw attention to specific topics, the journal occasionally publishes the

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref