Minerva

Aims & Scope

Minerva is devoted to the study of ideas, traditions, cultures and institutions in science, higher education and research.

It is concerned no less with history than with present practice, and with the local as well as the global.

It speaks to the scholar, the teacher, the policy-maker and the administrator.

It features articles, essay reviews and 'special' issues on themes of topical importance.

It represents no single school of thought, but welcomes diversity, within the rules of rational discourse.

Its contributions are peer-reviewed.

Its audience is world-wide.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.2
2024	3.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.068

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	53

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4336

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	319

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Containing the Atom: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Nuclear Power in the United States and South Korea

  Citation: 1206

  Authors: Sheila, Sang-Hyun

• Technologies of Humility: Citizen Participation in Governing Science

  Citation: 839

  Authors: Sheila

• Introduction: `Mode 2' Revisited: The New Production of Knowledge

  Citation: 795

  Authors: Helga, Peter, Michael

• The Republic of science

  Citation: 729

  Authors: Michael

• Patterns of evaluation in science: Institutionalisation, structure and functions of the referee system

  Citation: 537

  Authors: Harriet, Robert K.

• Science and trans-science

  Citation: 510

  Authors: Alvin M.

• University Research Evaluation and Funding: An International Comparison

  Citation: 389

  Authors: Aldo, Ben R.

• The Governance of University Knowledge Transfer: A Critical Review of the Literature

  Citation: 367

  Authors: Aldo, Alessandro

• Entrepreneurial scientists and entrepreneurial universities in American academic science

  Citation: 269

  Authors: Henry

• The Role of Research Centres in the Collectivisation of Academic Science

  Citation: 267

  Authors: Henry, Carol

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