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Foundations of Science

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 1995

ISSN1233-1821eISSN1572-8471

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.412

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.861

Total Worksi

1,205

Total Citationsi

12,177

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History & Philosophy Of Science; History and Philosophy of Science; Multidisciplinary.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

Frequency4 No. A Year, 1999-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,205

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1233-1821 / 1572-8471

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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

664

2019

504

2020

102

415

2021

398

2022

235

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.

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ1

MultidisciplinaryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History & Philosophy Of Science

Scopus Categories

MultidisciplinaryHistory and Philosophy of Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Philosophy and History of ScienceQuantum Mechanics and ApplicationsHistory and Theory of MathematicsPhilosophy and Theoretical ScienceOrigins and Evolution of LifeEmbodied and Extended CognitionSpace Science and Extraterrestrial LifeRelativity and Gravitational TheoryComputability, Logic, AI AlgorithmsPhilosophy, Science, and History

Frequently asked questions about Foundations of Science

Is Foundations of Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Foundations of Science: 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 Foundations of Science?

Foundations of Science 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 0.67.

Is Foundations of Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Foundations of Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Foundations of Science?