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Indian Journal of History of Science is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.7), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Indian National Science Academy.
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ISSN 0019-5235Verify ISSN ↗2454-9991Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Indian National Science Academy
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History and Philosophy of Science | 128 / 254 | 49th | Q3 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 524 / 744 | 29th | Q3 |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) | 209 / 235 | 11th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present (also 1994, 1989–1991, 1986–1987, 1978–1984, 1975–1976, 1970–1973), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.7.
Indian Journal of History of Science is Q3 in History and Philosophy of Science (rank 128 of 254), Q3 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 524 of 744) and Q4 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) (rank 209 of 235), by CiteScore 2025.
Indian Journal of History of Science 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 0.7, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 49th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.190, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 4.
Indian Journal of History of Science is published by Indian National Science Academy. Its print ISSN is 0019-5235 and its online ISSN is 2454-9991.
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 Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Indian Journal of History of Science has an h-index of 12 and a 2-year mean of 0.32 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #104 of 233 Scopus journals in History and Philosophy of Science.
Indian Journal of History of Science published 53 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 68. 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 89 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from India (88.2%), United States (3.9%) and Türkiye (1.1%). 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.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1.9 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.
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