Hyle

Hyle Publications · Germany

ISSN1433-5158

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2016-10-26). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.128

H-Indexi

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Hyle, the International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry, publishes peer-reviewed articles on all philosophical aspects of chemistry. The journal covers epistemological, methodological, foundational, and ontological issues related to chemistry and its subfields, as well as its relationships with technology and other disciplines.

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General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 5 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgPhilosophy Documentation Center

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Hyle Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1433-5158

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

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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.

PhilosophyQ3

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyChemistry (miscellaneous)

Frequently asked questions about Hyle

Is Hyle a predatory journal?

Hyle was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2016-10-26). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Hyle?

Hyle is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.128.

Is Hyle indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Hyle is indexed in Scopus.