WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #4,248CAS 2区Hybrid

Science As Culture

Country: United Kingdom•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 1.089•SCImago Rank: #4,248•Identifier (ISSN):0950-5431(Print)/1470-1189(Online)•Articles / Year: 26•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,213 USD

Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)

Clarivate IF (2026)Q1

2.2

↓ -0.2

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

H-Index (Hirsch Index)

56 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ1

Self-Citation Rate4%

Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)

Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.

Volume & Open AccessHybrid

26articles/year

45.59% Gold OA•100% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

2.00pts

Latest Max Score

Estimated (Dec 26)

Scoring Basis: WoS Q1(IF: 2.2)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year

Year	Max Score	Evaluation Details	Source
2026	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 2.2)	🔵 Computed
2025	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 2.4)	🔵 Computed
2024	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 2.5)	🔵 Computed
2023	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 2.6)	🔵 Computed
2022	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 2.5)	🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Our culture is a scientific one, defining what is natural and what is rational. Its values can be seen in what are sought out as facts and made as artefacts, what are designed as processes and products, and what are forged as weapons and filmed as wonders. In our daily experience, power is exercised through expertise, e.g. in science, technology and medicine. Science as Culture explores how all these shape the values which contend for influence over the wider society. Science mediates our cultural experience. It increasingly defines what it is to be a person, through genetics, medicine and information technology. Its values get embodied and naturalized in concepts, techniques, research priorities, gadgets and advertising. Many films, artworks and novels express popular concerns about these developments. In a society where icons of progress are drawn from science, technology and medicine, they are either celebrated or demonised. Often their progress is feared as ’unnatural’, while their critics are labelled ’irrational’. Public concerns are rebuffed by ostensibly value-neutral experts and positivist polemics. Yet the culture of science is open to study like any other culture. Cultural studies analyses the role of expertise throughout society. Many journals address the history, philosophy and social studies of science, its popularisation, and the public understanding of society.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)

Political science79.1%Sociology61.5%Philosophy53.1%Law33.4%Biology30.5%Epistemology29.3%Economics26.4%Computer science25%History21.1%Environmental ethics21%Art20.3%

Primary Research Areas

Multiple

Official Website NLM PubMed Catalog SCImago Profile

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #4,248Scopus Q1SCImago Profile

Scopus Coverage:1987-2026

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Scopus Broad Areas:Arts and HumanitiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyEngineeringSocial Sciences

Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1

1.089

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1

Scopus H-Index (2025)

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)

Citations / Doc (2 years)

2.18

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window

Estimated Publication Fee (APC)

$3,213 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations269

3-Year Documents76

Citable Documents73

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate47.1%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Biomedical EngineeringQ1

BiotechnologyQ1

Cultural StudiesQ1

Health (social science)Q1

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):

2区 (Zone 2)Philosophy

Minor Category (Specific Field):

3区CULTURAL STUDIES

CAS Early Warning List History:

Updated annually: 2020 – 2024

2020

Not warned

2021

Not warned

2022

Not warned

2023

Not warned

2024

Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed

Updating

Average time to first editorial decision

Online Publication Speed

Updating

Time from acceptance to online publication

Official Acceptance Rate

Updating

Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher

Open Access Model

Hybrid

OA publishing option or traditional subscription

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publication Language

English

Frequency

Periodic

Indexing & Databases

SSCIAHCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI

Category	Index	Rank	Quartile
CULTURAL STUDIES	JCRAHCI, SSCI	2/66	Q1
HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE	JCRAHCI, SSCI	14/111	Q1
CULTURAL STUDIES	JCIAHCI, SSCI	8/66	Q1
HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE	JCIAHCI, SSCI	8/111	Q1