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Science Advances

American Association for the Advancement of Science · United States · Est. 1879

ISSN2375-2548eISSN2375-2548

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

4.534

H-Indexi

363

SNIPi

2.636

Total Worksi

18,645

Total Citationsi

1,192,193

2yr Mean Citednessi

10.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Multidisciplinary Sciences; Multidisciplinary.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1879

Annual Volume~ 2,551 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications18,645

Publisher OrgAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2375-2548 / 2375-2548

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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?

Portico, 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

1.3k

161k

2019

2.1k

224k

2020

159k

2021

2.2k

130k

2022

2.1k

97k

2023

2.3k

62k

2024

3.2k

34k

2025

2.4k

2.8k

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)

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchRNA Research and SplicingNeural dynamics and brain functionRNA modifications and cancerEpigenetics and DNA MethylationCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsGeological and Geochemical AnalysisPerovskite Materials and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Science Advances

Is Science Advances a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Science Advances: 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 Science Advances?

Science Advances 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 10.59.

Is Science Advances indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Science Advances is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Science Advances?