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Science Progress is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 0036-8504Verify ISSN ↗2047-7163Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary | 51 / 223 | 77th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1995–present (also 1974–1993, 1965–1972, 1960–1963, 1957, 1955, 1946–1949), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.8.
Science Progress is Q1 in Multidisciplinary (rank 51 of 223), by CiteScore 2025.
Science Progress is indexed in the 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 3.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 77th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.515, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 56.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,650 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.
Science Progress is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0036-8504 and its online ISSN is 2047-7163.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Science Progress has an h-index of 61 and a 2-year mean of 2.37 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #47 of 208 Scopus journals in Multidisciplinary.
Science Progress published 425 papers in 2025. 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 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (55.6%), Taiwan (4%) and Türkiye (3.3%). 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. 17 retracted papers are recorded (7.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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