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Royal Society Open Science

The Royal Society · United Kingdom · Est. 1947

ISSN2054-5703eISSN2054-5703

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.791

H-Indexi

127

SNIPi

1.115

Total Worksi

7,263

Total Citationsi

158,205

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Multidisciplinary Sciences; Multidisciplinary.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1947

Annual Volume~ 645 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,263

Publisher OrgRoyal Society

OA Since2013

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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

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

The Royal Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2054-5703 / 2054-5703

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

718

19k

2019

692

18k

2020

672

13k

2021

565

9.4k

2022

598

6.7k

2023

663

4.7k

2024

674

2.2k

2025

454

131

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.

MultidisciplinaryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Multidisciplinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Multidisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Animal Behavior and ReproductionPlant and animal studiesMarine animal studies overviewAnimal Vocal Communication and BehaviorWildlife Ecology and ConservationPrimate Behavior and EcologyEvolution and Paleontology StudiesInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorPaleontology and Evolutionary BiologyEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Frequently asked questions about Royal Society Open Science

Is Royal Society Open Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Royal Society Open Science: 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 Royal Society Open Science?

Royal Society Open Science 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 3.21.

Is Royal Society Open Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Royal Society Open Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Royal Society Open Science?