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Finnish Society for Human-Animal Studies · Finland

eISSN2343-0591

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ DOAJ-listed52

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total58

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

Aims & Scope

Trace — Journal for Human-Animal Studies is a peer-reviewed, fully open access online journal that provides a forum for research and discussion of human-animal relations from social and cultural perspectives. The journal publishes original research articles, lectiones praecursoriae, and conference reports, as well as reviews on books, art exhibitions, films, and other media. Trace accepts submissions in English, Finnish and Swedish. Human-animal studies is a broad and multidisciplinary field of research that includes a diversity of topics, such as the social, cultural and material construction of beliefs, values and attitudes relating to animals; the ethics and politics of animal issues; animal welfare legislation and governance; approaches to the agency of animals; philosophical issues in the epistemology and ontology of human-animal relations; as well as a variety of other theoretical and practical questions concerning human-animal relations.

General Information

Country / RegionFinland

Primary LanguageSwedish, Finnish, English

1st Year Published—

StatusActive

Total Publications—

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Finnish Society for Human-Animal Studies

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2343-0591

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

Yes

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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)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Swedish, Finnish, English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geographies of human-animal interactionsHuman-Animal Interaction StudiesEnvironmental Philosophy and EthicsAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesFolklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesAnimal and Plant Science EducationWildlife Ecology and ConservationPosthumanist Ethics and ActivismReligion, Ecology, and EthicsResearch in Social Sciences

Frequently asked questions about Trace

Is Trace a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Trace: it is indexed in DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 58/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Trace?

Trace is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

Is Trace indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Trace is indexed in DOAJ.