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Journal for the History of Astronomy is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.1), WoS AHCI/SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 0021-8286Verify ISSN ↗1753-8556Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$3,650 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | 253 / 692 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) | 69 / 88 | 22nd | Q4 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 77 / 97 | 21st | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1970–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.1.
Journal for the History of Astronomy is Q2 in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (rank 253 of 692), Q4 in Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (rank 69 of 88) and Q4 in Astronomy and Astrophysics (rank 77 of 97), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal for the History of Astronomy is indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 1.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 63rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.241, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 22.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,650 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.
Journal for the History of Astronomy is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its print ISSN is 0021-8286 and its online ISSN is 1753-8556.
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.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal for the History of Astronomy has an h-index of 41 and a 2-year mean of 0.13 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #406 of 610 Scopus journals in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous).
Journal for the History of Astronomy published 54 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 59. 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 63 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (15.9%), United States (14.3%) and Germany (11.1%).
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.
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