Klio

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 1825

ISSN2192-7669

SJR Q1✓ 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 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.219

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.814

Total Worksi

4,241

Total Citationsi

18,138

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Klio is one of the oldest journals in the German Altertumswissenschaften. It publishes articles on the history of ancient Greece and Rome, including their relations to the ancient Near East, and also covers specialist areas such as epigraphy, papyrology, archaeology, and numismatics. Brief book reviews provide an overview of the latest publications in the field.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageGerman

1st Year Published1825

Frequency2 issues per year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications4,241

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

OA Since2018

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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

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2192-7669

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

German

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

140

2019

2020

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.

ClassicsQ1

HistoryQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

ClassicsHistory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Classical Antiquity StudiesByzantine Studies and HistoryAncient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesHistorical and Religious Studies of RomeArchaeology and Historical StudiesAncient and Medieval Archaeology StudiesHistorical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesGerman Literature and Culture StudiesLinguistics and language evolution

Frequently asked questions about Klio

Is Klio a predatory journal?

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

Klio is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.219.

Is Klio indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Klio is indexed in Scopus.