Public Understanding of Science Impact factor 2025

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The latest impact factor of Public Understanding of Science and all the other Web of Science journals was released on 20th June 2025 by Clarivate. Through this web page, researchers can check the impact factor, total citation, journal quartile, and journal aim & scope.

Public Understanding of Science: Aim & Scope

Public Understanding of Science is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: History & Philosophy Of Science | Communication.
The ISSN of this journal is 13616609.

Impact factor of Public Understanding of Science

Journal Title	Public Understanding of Science
Impact Factor	3.5
SJR	1.408
ISSN	13616609
Quartile	Q1

Impact Factor from year 2018-2024

Year	Impact Factor
2018	2.452
2019	2.754
2020	2.338
2021	2.976
2022
2025	3.5

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items, also known as citable items, (these comprise articles and reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years.

Impact factor data has a strong influence on the scientific community, affecting decisions on where to publish, whom to promote or hire, the success of grant applications, and even salary bonuses.

Only journals listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) receive an Impact Factor.

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