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Journal of the History of Collections

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1989

ISSN1477-8564

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.143

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.358

Total Worksi

1,535

Total Citationsi

7,447

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Humanities, Multidisciplinary; History; Museology; Visual Arts and Performing Arts; Conservation; Cultural Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

Annual Volume~ 55 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,535

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1477-8564

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-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

126

2019

120

2020

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.

HistoryQ2

MuseologyQ2

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ2

ConservationQ3

Cultural StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

MuseologyHistoryCultural StudiesVisual Arts and Performing ArtsConservation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical Art and Culture StudiesArt History and Market AnalysisHistorical Influence and DiplomacyArchaeological Research and ProtectionMuseums and Cultural HeritageHistory of Science and Natural HistoryHistorical Art and Architecture StudiesHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisRenaissance and Early Modern StudiesHistorical Economic and Social Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the History of Collections

Is Journal of the History of Collections a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the History of Collections: 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 Journal of the History of Collections?

Journal of the History of Collections 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 Journal of the History of Collections indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the History of Collections is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of the History of Collections?