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Scientific American

Scientific American Inc. · United States · Est. 1845

ISSN1946-7087

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.112

H-Indexi

258

Total Worksi

193,064

Total Citationsi

461,387

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1845

Annual Volume~ 420 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications193,064

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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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?

Scientific American Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1946-7087

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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

621

793

2019

586

391

2020

586

441

2021

559

470

2022

337

133

2023

506

195

2024

417

2025

259

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.

MultidisciplinaryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Multidisciplinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Multidisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationLegal Cases and CommentaryEarthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesLegal case studies and regulationsHistory and Developments in AstronomyEducational Robotics and EngineeringEducational Leadership and PracticesAmerican Environmental and Regional HistoryMaritime and Coastal Archaeology

Frequently asked questions about Scientific American

Is Scientific American a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Scientific American: 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 Scientific American?

Scientific American 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 0.18.

Is Scientific American indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scientific American is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Scientific American?