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Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences

University of California Press · United States · Est. 1980

ISSN1939-1811eISSN1939-182X

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.22

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.586

Total Worksi

622

Total Citationsi

2,922

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications622

Publisher OrgUniversity of California Press

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of California Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1939-1811 / 1939-182X

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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

2019

191

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.

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History & Philosophy Of Science

Scopus Categories

History and Philosophy of Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

History of Science and Natural HistoryHistory of Science and MedicineTwentieth Century Scientific DevelopmentsPhilosophy and History of ScienceHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisHistory and Developments in AstronomyFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesBig Data and Digital EconomyDiverse Historical and Scientific Studies

Frequently asked questions about Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences

Is Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences: 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 Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences?

Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences 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 0.49.

Is Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences?