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Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies

Wiley-Blackwell · United States · Est. 1954

ISSN2041-5370

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.118

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.472

Total Worksi

3,205

Total Citationsi

16,308

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Classics; Archeology (arts and humanities); History; Linguistics and Language; Archeology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1954

Annual Volume~ 32 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications3,205

Publisher OrgOxford University 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?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2041-5370

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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

396

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.

ClassicsQ2

Archeology (arts and humanities)Q3

HistoryQ3

Linguistics and LanguageQ3

ArcheologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Classics

Scopus Categories

ClassicsHistoryArcheology (arts and humanities)Linguistics and LanguageArcheology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Classical Antiquity StudiesClassical Philosophy and ThoughtDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesByzantine Studies and HistoryHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesLegal Cases and CommentaryLinguistics and language evolutionAncient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryClassical Studies and PhilologyAncient Near East History

Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies

Is Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies: 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 Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies?

Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 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 0.46.

Is Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies?