Gladius

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas · Spain

ISSN1988-4168

SJR Q3✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.132

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.062

Total Worksi

402

Total Citationsi

1,084

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Archaeology; History.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageSpanish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications402

Publisher OrgSpanish National Research Council

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1988-4168

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

PKP PN

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Spanish

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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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.

HistoryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ArchaeologyHistory

Scopus Categories

History

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Archaeological and Historical StudiesMedieval Architecture and ArchaeologyArchaeological and Geological StudiesAncient and Medieval Archaeology StudiesHistorical Studies on SpainHistorical Studies of Medieval IberiaMetallurgy and Cultural ArtifactsHistorical Art and Architecture StudiesMedieval and Early Modern IberiaClassical Antiquity Studies

Frequently asked questions about Gladius

Is Gladius a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Gladius: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Gladius?

Gladius 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 Gladius indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Gladius is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Gladius?