Holocene

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1970

ISSN1477-0911

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.704

H-Indexi

166

SNIPi

0.852

Total Worksi

4,382

Total Citationsi

164,937

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geography, Physical; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Archeology (arts and humanities); Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Global and Planetary Change.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

FrequencyMonthly, 2012-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,382

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1477-0911

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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

155

2019

172

2.7k

2020

138

1.4k

2021

121

990

2022

117

688

2023

149

508

2024

104

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.

Archeology (arts and humanities)Q1

PaleontologyQ1

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ2

EcologyQ2

Global and Planetary ChangeQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography, PhysicalGeosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

PaleontologyEarth-Surface ProcessesArcheology (arts and humanities)Global and Planetary ChangeEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchArchaeology and ancient environmental studiesTree-ring climate responsesPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyGeological formations and processesIsotope Analysis in EcologyPacific and Southeast Asian StudiesCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamicsMarine and environmental studiesCryospheric studies and observations

Frequently asked questions about Holocene

Is Holocene a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Holocene: 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 Holocene?

Holocene 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 1.61.

Is Holocene indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Holocene is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Holocene?