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Human Studies

NetherlandsPhilosophy (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q2)ISSN-matched source record
Q1Ranking
1.2Impact Factor (2025)
42H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.475SJR (2025)
1978-1980, 1982-2026Coverage

About Human Studies

Human Studies is a scholarly journal published by Springer Netherlands. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.475 and H-index of 42.

Coverage: 1978-1980, 1982-2026. Research categories: Philosophy (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q2).

Verified field sources

  • Journal Impact Factor: 1.2 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Editor(s): Martin Endress PhD (Editor-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)0163-8548, 1572-851X
ISSN-L0163-8548
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationSpringer Science+Business Media
Publisher country codeNL
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Not marked as fully open access; hybrid options may exist
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Not listed in OpenAlex metadata; this is not a direct DOAJ check
Works recorded in OpenAlex1,809
Citations recorded in OpenAlex30,423
OpenAlex H-index68
Years represented in OpenAlex1970–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy; Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism; Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies; Critical Theory and Philosophy; Language, Metaphor, and Cognition; Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Reported open-access list prices

2,290.00 USD; 3,190.00 EUR

APC list prices reported by OpenAlex, which obtains this information from DOAJ. Confirm current charges, taxes, waivers and eligibility with the publisher; this is not a fee quotation.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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