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Quantitative Science Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by MIT Press.
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ISSN 2641-3337Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: MIT Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis | 2 / 210 | 99th | Q1 |
| Cultural Studies | 11 / 1434 | 99th | Q1 |
| Numerical Analysis | 4 / 93 | 96th | Q1 |
| Library and Information Sciences | 37 / 296 | 87th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.
Quantitative Science Studies is Q1 in Analysis (rank 2 of 210), Q1 in Cultural Studies (rank 11 of 1434) and Q1 in Numerical Analysis (rank 4 of 93), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Quantitative Science Studies 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 8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.207, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 38.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$800 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.
Quantitative Science Studies is published by MIT Press. Its ISSN is 2641-3337.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Quantitative Science Studies has an h-index of 45 and a 2-year mean of 6.24 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #2 of 193 Scopus journals in Analysis.
Quantitative Science Studies published 68 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 80. 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 100 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (16.8%), Germany (15.2%) and Canada (6.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (2.1 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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