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History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 2.1), WoS AHCI/SCIE/SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer International Publishing AG.
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ISSN 0391-9714Verify ISSN ↗1742-6316Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Cost to publish: About US$2,190 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | 101 / 1936 | 94th | Q1 |
| History and Philosophy of Science | 44 / 254 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | 173 / 692 | 75th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1982–present (also 1979–1980), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 2.1.
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences is Q1 in History (rank 101 of 1936), Q1 in History and Philosophy of Science (rank 44 of 254) and Q1 in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (rank 173 of 692), by CiteScore 2025.
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences is indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences 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 2.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 94th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.318, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 35.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,190 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.
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences is published by Springer International Publishing AG. Its print ISSN is 0391-9714 and its online ISSN is 1742-6316.
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.
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences has an h-index of 35 and a 2-year mean of 1.14 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #83 of 1,704 Scopus journals in History.
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences published 61 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 128. 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 (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (15.3%), United Kingdom (12.9%) and Italy (7.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (2.2 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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