Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Published by Sage from 2024. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews is a well-established forum where interdisciplinary research between the natural sciences, the arts and humanities is reviewed and discussed. ISR publishes work which explores the nature, possibilities and challenges of interdisciplinary research and practice with the aim of promoting constructive dialogue between and across multiple fields of study. ISR's purpose is not to say what interdisciplinarity is but to exhibit what happens when researchers start from one discipline and expand into others. We look for research that attempts to find or negotiate mutually comprehensible terms between different intellectual cultures, making as explicit as possible the assumptions inherent to them. We acknowledge that interdisciplinary research is singular neither in method nor standpoint but fundamentally diverse. Therefore, we seek not to reify 'interdisciplinarity' as an unquestioned good, but rather to provide a venue for contributions that would otherwise struggle to find homes in strictly disciplinary spaces. Likewise, ISR stretches 'science' to the limits of scientia ('knowledge'), allowing for the exploration of work in many disciplines from multiple perspectives. The aim is not convergence of disciplines or a unified science, but conversation that respects as well as illuminates disciplinary differences. The similarities, where they hold under rigorous examination, are where we begin, not end. A submission to ISR must be proactive in its pursuit of interdisciplinary dialogue. Submissions that merely take a concept, theory or technique from one field and uncritically apply it to another without unpacking its assumptions and considering the implications will be rejected. Because of ISR's interdisciplinary audience, submissions need to use language that is easily grasped by readers outside the author's discipline. ISR's cover image, 'Two men discussing coming hunt' (1961), by Inuit artist Qabaroak Qaisiya of Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset), Nunavut, Canada*, communicates what the journal promotes: the collaborative attempt to communicate and make real across that which separates (and therefore nurtures) separate disciplines. Qaisiya's conjuring of the two hunters' shared mind makes us attend to the betweeness of a relation within which something is realised. The best concrete guide to ISR’s current scope are its issues. Authors considering submission to the journal are strongly advised to familiarise

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multidisciplinary Sciences

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Canada 2, Denmark 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

1.28LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

2.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.37LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.05LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

21LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

55OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

404OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.85OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

40.35%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

3LetPub · 2026-09-13

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Average review time (community reports)

over 12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

Maney Publishing

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Quarterly

Founded

1976

ISSN

0308-0188

Electronic ISSN

1743-2790

Latest issue on the website

Volume 48, Issue 5 (2023)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website