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Biography

University of Hawaii Press · United States · Est. 1905

ISSN1529-1456

SJR Q3✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.121

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

2,821

Total Citationsi

7,350

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly – UH Press For over forty years, Biography has been an important forum for well-considered biographical scholarship. It features stimulating articles that explore the theoretical, generic, historical, and cultural dimensions of life writing; and the integration of literature, history, the arts, and the social sciences as they relate to biography. Each issue also offers insightful reviews, concise excerpts of reviews published elsewhere, an annual bibliography of works about biography, and listings of upcoming events, calls for papers, and news from the field.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1905

Frequency3x/year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications2,821

Publisher OrgUniversity of Hawaii Press

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-anonymous

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Hawaii Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1529-1456

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-anonymous

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

154

2017

303

2018

137

2019

110

153

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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.

HistoryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature

Scopus Categories

History

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Autobiographical and Biographical WritingOral History, Memory, Narrative AnalysisHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesAmerican Sports and LiteratureAmerican and British Literature AnalysisHistorical Psychiatry and Medical PracticesLatin American and Latino StudiesMemory, Trauma, and CommemorationLegal Cases and Commentary

Frequently asked questions about Biography

Is Biography a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biography: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Biography?

Biography 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.

Is Biography indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biography is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.