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Humans is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 2), DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2673-9461Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archeology (arts and humanities) | 58 / 462 | 87th | Q1 |
| Archeology | 56 / 388 | 85th | Q1 |
| Anthropology | 124 / 536 | 76th | Q1 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 285 / 744 | 61st | Q2 |
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Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 2.
Humans is Q1 in Archeology (arts and humanities) (rank 58 of 462), Q1 in Archeology (rank 56 of 388) and Q1 in Anthropology (rank 124 of 536), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Humans 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 2, quartile Q1, 87th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.313, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 7.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,207 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.
Humans is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2673-9461.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Humans has an h-index of 9 and a 2-year mean of 0.98 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #57 of 394 Scopus journals in Archeology (arts and humanities).
Humans published 52 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 124. 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 96 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (37.3%), Canada (12.8%) and United Kingdom (6.4%).
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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