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Boreas is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.3), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by John Wiley and Sons Inc.
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ISSN 0300-9483Verify ISSN ↗1502-3885Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archeology (arts and humanities) | 8 / 462 | 98th | Q1 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 127 / 736 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Geology | 62 / 333 | 81st | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1972–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.3.
Boreas is Q1 in Archeology (arts and humanities) (rank 8 of 462), Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 127 of 736) and Q1 in Geology (rank 62 of 333), by CiteScore 2025.
Boreas is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 5.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.868, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 90.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,020 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Boreas is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. Its print ISSN is 0300-9483 and its online ISSN is 1502-3885.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Boreas has an h-index of 114 and a 2-year mean of 2.1 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #15 of 394 Scopus journals in Archeology (arts and humanities).
Boreas published 64 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 82. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (14.3%), Germany (13.4%) and United States (8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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