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History of Science

Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd · Singapore · Est. 1962

ISSN1753-8564

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.213

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,532

Total Citationsi

22,037

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History & Philosophy Of Science; History; History and Philosophy of Science.

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1962

FrequencyQuarterly, 1973-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,532

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1753-8564

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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

249

2019

133

2020

103

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.

HistoryQ1

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History & Philosophy Of Science

Scopus Categories

HistoryHistory and Philosophy of Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

History of Science and MedicineHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHistory of Science and Natural HistoryLegal Cases and CommentaryHistorical and Literary StudiesHistorical Philosophy and SciencePhilosophy and History of ScienceLegal case studies and regulationsHistory and Developments in Astronomy

Frequently asked questions about History of Science

Is History of Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for History of Science: 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 History of Science?

History of Science 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 0.32.

Is History of Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

History of Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of History of Science?