About the journal
Scientific American is a journal published by Springer Nature in United States. It is listed in MEDLINE and PUBMED according to the sources read. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- ISSN
- 0036-8733 · 1946-7087
- Country
- United States
- Access
- Not open access / not declared
- Declared peer-review model
- peer_review
- Official website
- https://www.scientificamerican.com
Index listings
- MEDLINE · 1965-01-01
- PUBMED · 2016-01-19
- Indexing
- MEDLINE · PUBMED
- APC
- —
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- —
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
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Works in OpenAlex
193188
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
258
i10-index
5367
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Editorial & policy4
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 0%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 0%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
Identity & continuity3
- Alternate titles
- Scientific American magazine
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 0404400
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Subject areas
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Legal Cases and Commentary
- Legal Cases and Commentary
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies
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- Legal case studies and regulations
- Legal case studies and regulations
- History and Developments in Astronomy
- History and Developments in Astronomy
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Educational Leadership and Practices
- Educational Leadership and Practices
- American Environmental and Regional History
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Science, Research, and Medicine
- Science, Research, and Medicine
- Intellectual Property and Patents
- Intellectual Property and Patents
- History of Computing Technologies
- History of Computing Technologies
- Science Education and Perceptions
- Science Education and Perceptions
- Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
- Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Emotional Labor in Professions
- Emotional Labor in Professions
- Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
- Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
- Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies
- Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies
- Transport and Economic Policies
- Transport and Economic Policies
- Architecture, Design, and Social History
- Architecture, Design, and Social History
- American Sports and Literature
- American Sports and Literature
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- History of Science and Medicine
- History of Science and Medicine
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