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Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.7). It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 0270-4676Verify ISSN ↗1552-4183Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$3,400 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History and Philosophy of Science | 3 / 254 | 99th | Q1 |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | 17 / 692 | 97th | Q1 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 25 / 744 | 96th | Q1 |
| Education | 106 / 1698 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Management of Technology and Innovation | 66 / 317 | 79th | Q1 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1987–present (also 1982–1985), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.7.
Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society is Q1 in History and Philosophy of Science (rank 3 of 254), Q1 in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (rank 17 of 692) and Q1 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 25 of 744), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.7, quartile Q1, 99th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.854, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 33.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,400 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.
Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its print ISSN is 0270-4676 and its online ISSN is 1552-4183.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society has an h-index of 61 and a 2-year mean of 1.82 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #20 of 233 Scopus journals in History and Philosophy of Science.
Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society published 9 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 19. 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 51 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (22.2%), India (17.6%) and Türkiye (5.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.5 per 1,000 papers). 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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