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Journal of Consciousness Studies

Imprint Academic · United Kingdom · Est. 1970

ISSN2051-2201

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.599

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.846

Total Worksi

1,014

Total Citationsi

27,206

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Philosophy; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Artificial Intelligence; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Psychology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

FrequencyMonthly, 1999-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,014

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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?

Imprint Academic

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2051-2201

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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

277

2019

135

2020

435

2021

7.6k

2022

291

2023

146

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.

PhilosophyQ1

Artificial IntelligenceQ2

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PhilosophySocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyPsychology (miscellaneous)Artificial IntelligenceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Philosophy and Theoretical ScienceEmbodied and Extended CognitionParanormal Experiences and BeliefsPhilosophy and History of ScienceQuantum Mechanics and ApplicationsAction Observation and SynchronizationMental Health and PsychiatryPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentNeural dynamics and brain functionCognitive Science and Education Research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Consciousness Studies

Is Journal of Consciousness Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Consciousness 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 Journal of Consciousness Studies?

Journal of Consciousness 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 0.79.

Is Journal of Consciousness Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Consciousness Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Consciousness Studies?