Scrinium

Brill Academic Publishers · Netherlands · Est. 1993

ISSN1817-7530

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2022-03-07). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.13

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.776

Total Worksi

572

Total Citationsi

610

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Classics; History; Philosophy; Religious Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1993

Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications572

Publisher OrgBrill

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2015

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brill Academic Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1817-7530

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

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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.

ClassicsQ2

HistoryQ3

PhilosophyQ3

Religious StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

ClassicsPhilosophyHistoryReligious Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Byzantine Studies and HistoryHistorical and Linguistic StudiesArchaeology and Historical StudiesBiblical Studies and InterpretationHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesHistorical and Religious Studies of RomeLinguistics and language evolutionEurasian Exchange NetworksAfrican history and culture analysisClassical Antiquity Studies

Frequently asked questions about Scrinium

Is Scrinium a predatory journal?

Scrinium was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2022-03-07). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Scrinium?

Scrinium is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.13.

Is Scrinium indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scrinium is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Scrinium?