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Earth Sciences History

History of the Earth Sciences Society · United States · Est. 1982

ISSN1944-6187

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.138

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

928

Total Citationsi

2,421

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; History & Philosophy Of Science; History and Philosophy of Science; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1982

Annual Volume~ 32 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications928

Publisher OrgHistory of Earth Sciences Society

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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?

History of the Earth Sciences Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1944-6187

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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

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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.

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ3

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, MultidisciplinaryHistory & Philosophy Of Science

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)History and Philosophy of Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

History of Science and Natural HistoryGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesGeochemistry and Geologic MappingGeological and Geochemical AnalysisHuman auditory perception and evaluationSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeEvolution and Paleontology StudiesArchaeology and Natural HistoryPolar Research and Ecology

Frequently asked questions about Earth Sciences History

Is Earth Sciences History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Earth Sciences History: 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 Earth Sciences History?

Earth Sciences History 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 0.07.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Earth Sciences History?