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Seventeenth Century

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1986

ISSN2050-4616

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.193

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,313

Total Citationsi

5,631

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Seventeenth Century is an international, interdisciplinary journal for approaches to the period, publishing original research on a wide range of subjects. It publishes research related to Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, specifically in Medieval & Renaissance Studies.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

Annual Volume~ 70 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,313

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2050-4616

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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

423

2019

179

2020

108

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.

Cultural StudiesQ2

HistoryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medieval & Renaissance Studies

Scopus Categories

HistoryCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityHistorical Economic and Social StudiesScottish History and National IdentityAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsHistorical Art and Culture StudiesHistorical Studies of British IslesHistorical Influence and DiplomacyLiterature: history, themes, analysisHistorical and Literary StudiesHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes

Frequently asked questions about Seventeenth Century

Is Seventeenth Century a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Seventeenth Century: 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 Seventeenth Century?

Seventeenth Century 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 0.13.

Is Seventeenth Century indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Seventeenth Century is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.