Get an email when this journal's indexing changes
Added to or removed from Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas or ONOS. One confirmation click; unsubscribe anytime.
Hermes (Germany) is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.2), WoS AHCI. Published by Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0018-0777Verify ISSN ↗2365-3116Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classics | 127 / 196 | 35th | Q3 |
| Language and Linguistics | 902 / 1137 | 20th | Q4 |
| Linguistics and Language | 1007 / 1221 | 17th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present (also 1986–1987, 1979–1980, 1976–1977, 1974, 1971–1972, 1967–1969), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.2.
Hermes (Germany) is Q3 in Classics (rank 127 of 196), Q4 in Language and Linguistics (rank 902 of 1137) and Q4 in Linguistics and Language (rank 1007 of 1221), by CiteScore 2025.
Hermes (Germany) is indexed in the Arts & Humanities 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 0.2, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 35th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.110, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 16.
Hermes (Germany) is published by Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH. Its print ISSN is 0018-0777 and its online ISSN is 2365-3116.
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Hermes (Germany) has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 0.06 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #65 of 138 Scopus journals in Classics.
Hermes (Germany) published 35 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 61. 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 82 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Germany (32.3%), Italy (12.8%) and United Kingdom (11.6%).
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.
Comments load as you scroll here.