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Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1909

ISSN2154-0098

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.239

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.634

Total Worksi

2,376

Total Citationsi

19,738

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.73

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Multidisciplinary; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1909

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,376

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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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5/11 · 45%

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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?

2154-0098

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

402

2019

221

2020

416

2021

120

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.

MultidisciplinaryQ2

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)MultidisciplinaryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyMarine and fisheries researchFish Biology and Ecology StudiesSouth African History and CultureEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesArchaeology and Rock Art StudiesMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchFish Ecology and Management StudiesAfrican history and culture studiesEvolution and Paleontology Studies

Frequently asked questions about Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Is Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa: it is indexed in 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 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa?

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.239.

Is Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa?