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International Committee for the History of Technology · Germany · Est. 2023

ISSN2806-4208

SJR Q3✓ 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.

📊 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

0.174

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.407

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.73

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History and Philosophy of Science; Management of Technology and Innovation.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2023

Annual Volume~ 12 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications38

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

International Committee for the History of Technology

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2806-4208

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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

2021

2023

2024

2025

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.

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ3

Management of Technology and InnovationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Management of Technology and InnovationHistory and Philosophy of Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Energy Security and PolicyGlobal Energy and Sustainability ResearchMetallurgy and Cultural ArtifactsMechanics and Biomechanics StudiesHistory of Science and MedicineVirtual Reality Applications and ImpactsPolitics and Society in Latin AmericaEnergetic Materials and CombustionEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessRadioactivity and Radon Measurements

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Is Icon a predatory journal?

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What is the impact factor of Icon?

Icon is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.174.

Is Icon indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Icon is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Icon?