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Museum and Society

University of Leicester · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN1479-8360

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.222

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.774

Total Worksi

611

Total Citationsi

5,087

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Museology; Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 33 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications611

Publisher OrgUniversity of Leicester

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Leicester

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1479-8360

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

PKP PN

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

179

2019

287

2020

168

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.

MuseologyQ2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

MuseologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Museums and Cultural HeritageCultural Heritage Management and PreservationCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentMemory, Trauma, and CommemorationArt Education and DevelopmentGeographies of human-animal interactionsPhotography and Visual CultureArchaeological Research and ProtectionArt History and Market AnalysisConservation Techniques and Studies

Frequently asked questions about Museum and Society

Is Museum and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Museum and Society: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Museum and Society?

Museum and Society is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.222.

Is Museum and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Museum and Society is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Museum and Society?