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Journal for the History of Knowledge is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 0.9), DOAJ. Published by Gewina.
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ISSN 2632-282XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Gewina
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | 410 / 1936 | 78th | Q1 |
| History and Philosophy of Science | 107 / 254 | 58th | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 0.9.
Journal for the History of Knowledge is Q1 in History (rank 410 of 1936) and Q2 in History and Philosophy of Science (rank 107 of 254), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal for the History of Knowledge 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 0.9, quartile Q1, 78th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.135, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 6.
Journal for the History of Knowledge is published by Gewina. Its ISSN is 2632-282X.
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.
Journal for the History of Knowledge has an h-index of 9 and a 2-year mean of 0.14 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #808 of 1,704 Scopus journals in History.
Journal for the History of Knowledge published 14 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 22. 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 78 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (25.6%), United Kingdom (15.2%) and Germany (12%).
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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