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Heritage Science
Heritage Science is not currently indexed in Scopus, DOAJ. Published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
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ISSN 2050-7445Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Heritage Science indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2013–2024).
What is the impact factor of Heritage Science?
Heritage Science has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
How much does it cost to publish in Heritage Science?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,090 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.
Who publishes Heritage Science and what is its ISSN?
Heritage Science is published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. Its ISSN is 2050-7445.
Is Heritage Science in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Heritage Science open access?
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Heritage Science for 12 years, between 2013 and 2024. Coverage ended in 2024, 2 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 1,574 works and 29,400 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2024, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2024, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Heritage Science? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Heritage Science has an h-index of 62 and a 2-year mean of 11.73 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Heritage Science published 432 papers in 2024. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Heritage Science? — latest 98 articles, 2024
In its latest 98 research articles (2024), authors are most often from China (71.6%), Italy (3.2%) and India (3.1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Heritage Science? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2024. 8 retracted papers are recorded (5.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2024
- Retracted papers 8 · 5.1 per 1,000 papers
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration71.6% of recent authorship from China
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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