Bulletin of Science Technology & Society
ISSN 0270-4676 · SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom · active 1981–2026
Metrics
- Best Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q1
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 1.8
- SJR
- 0.854
- h-index
- 61
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 1 November 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Bulletin of Science Technology & Society is Q1 in 4 of its 5 subject categories and Q2 in the other 1. Its best category quartile is Q1.
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| History and Philosophy of Science | Q1 | #22 of 227 |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q1 | #79 of 817 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q1 | #128 of 937 |
| Education | Q1 | #307 of 1,628 |
| Management of Technology and Innovation | Q2 | #89 of 295 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 4.93
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 8
OpenAlex counts about 1.8 citations per paper over two years; Scopus, through Scimago, counts 4.93 per document. The two databases index different journals, documents and citations, so the figures differ. Neither is a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
Bulletin of Science Technology & Society is Q1 in 4 of its 5 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category History and Philosophy of Science: Q1, #22 of 227), with SJR 0.854 (Scimago) and an h-index of 61 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, PubMed.
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Indexing & access
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- ScopusPubMed
- Access status:
- hybrid. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
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Frequently asked
Is Bulletin of Science Technology & Society a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Bulletin of Science Technology & Society. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is Bulletin of Science Technology & Society indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Bulletin of Science Technology & Society appears in: Scopus, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Bulletin of Science Technology & Society?
Papers in Bulletin of Science Technology & Society are cited about 1.8 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 61. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is Bulletin of Science Technology & Society (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Bulletin of Science Technology & Society is Q1 in 4 of its 5 subject categories and Q2 in the other 1. By category: History and Philosophy of Science: Q1, #22 of 227; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous): Q1, #79 of 817; Social Sciences (miscellaneous): Q1, #128 of 937; Education: Q1, #307 of 1,628; Management of Technology and Innovation: Q2, #89 of 295. Its best category quartile is Q1. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Bulletin of Science Technology & Society is cited about 1.8 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 61.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Bulletin of Science Technology & Society?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Bulletin of Science Technology & Society. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q1 in History and Philosophy of Science and 3 other categories, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is Bulletin of Science Technology & Society open access?
Our index records its access status as "hybrid". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
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