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Heritage is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archeology (arts and humanities) | 16 / 462 | 96th | Q1 |
| Conservation | 8 / 108 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Materials Science (miscellaneous) | 105 / 256 | 59th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.3.
Heritage is Q1 in Archeology (arts and humanities) (rank 16 of 462), Q1 in Conservation (rank 8 of 108) and Q2 in Materials Science (miscellaneous) (rank 105 of 256), by CiteScore 2025.
Heritage is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 4.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.532, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 37.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,930 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.
Heritage is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2571-9408.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Heritage has an h-index of 47 and a 2-year mean of 3.17 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #6 of 394 Scopus journals in Archeology (arts and humanities).
Heritage published 542 papers in 2025. 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Italy (19.2%), Spain (9.7%) and China (9.7%).
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.
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