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Preternature

Penn State University Press · United States · Est. 2012

ISSN2161-2196eISSN2161-2188

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.119

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.795

Total Worksi

278

Total Citationsi

447

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Cultural Studies; History; Anthropology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications278

Publisher OrgPenn State University Press

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Penn State University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2161-2196 / 2161-2188

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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

2020

2021

101

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 StudiesQ3

HistoryQ3

AnthropologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyHistoryCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesReligious Studies and Spiritual PracticesGothic Literature and Media AnalysisMedieval Literature and HistoryHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesReformation and Early Modern ChristianityClassical Antiquity StudiesHistorical Economic and Social StudiesHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesCrime, Deviance, and Social Control

Frequently asked questions about Preternature

Is Preternature a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Preternature: 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 Preternature?

Preternature 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 0.17.

Is Preternature indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Preternature is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Preternature?