Science as Culture

Our culture is a scientific one, defining what is natural and what is rational. Its values can be seen in what are sought out as facts and made as artefacts, what are designed as processes and products, and what are forged as weapons and filmed as wonders. In our daily experience, power is exercised through expertise, e.g. in science, technology and medicine. Science as Culture explores how all these shape the values which contend for influence over the wider society. Science mediates our cultural experience. It increasingly defines what it is to be a person, through genetics, medicine and information technology. Its values get embodied and naturalized in concepts, techniques, research priorities, gadgets and advertising. Many films, artworks and novels express popular concerns about these developments. In a society where icons of progress are drawn from science, technology and medicine, they are either celebrated or demonised. Often their progress is feared as ’unnatural’, while their critics are labelled ’irrational’. Public concerns are rebuffed by ostensibly value-neutral experts and positivist polemics. Yet the culture of science is open to study like any other culture. Cultural studies analyses the role of expertise throughout society. Many journals address the history, philosophy and social studies of science, its popularisation, and the public understanding of society.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Biomedical Engineering	1999	Q4
Biomedical Engineering	2000	Q4
Biomedical Engineering	2001	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2002	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2003	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2004	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2005	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2006	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2007	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2008	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2009	Q4
Biomedical Engineering	2010	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2011	Q4
Biomedical Engineering	2012	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2013	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2014	Q3
Biomedical Engineering	2015	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2016	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2017	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2018	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2019	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2020	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2021	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2022	Q2
Biomedical Engineering	2023	Q2
Biotechnology	1999	Q4
Biotechnology	2000	Q4
Biotechnology	2001	Q3
Biotechnology	2002	Q3
Biotechnology	2003	Q3
Biotechnology	2004	Q3
Biotechnology	2005	Q3
Biotechnology	2006	Q3
Biotechnology	2007	Q3
Biotechnology	2008	Q3
Biotechnology	2009	Q4
Biotechnology	2010	Q2
Biotechnology	2011	Q4
Biotechnology	2012	Q3
Biotechnology	2013	Q2
Biotechnology	2014	Q3
Biotechnology	2015	Q2
Biotechnology	2016	Q2
Biotechnology	2017	Q3
Biotechnology	2018	Q2
Biotechnology	2019	Q2
Biotechnology	2020	Q2
Biotechnology	2021	Q2
Biotechnology	2022	Q2
Biotechnology	2023	Q2
Cultural Studies	1999	Q2
Cultural Studies	2000	Q1
Cultural Studies	2001	Q1
Cultural Studies	2002	Q1
Cultural Studies	2003	Q1
Cultural Studies	2004	Q1
Cultural Studies	2005	Q1
Cultural Studies	2006	Q1
Cultural Studies	2007	Q1
Cultural Studies	2008	Q1
Cultural Studies	2009	Q2
Cultural Studies	2010	Q1
Cultural Studies	2011	Q2
Cultural Studies	2012	Q1
Cultural Studies	2013	Q1
Cultural Studies	2014	Q1
Cultural Studies	2015	Q1
Cultural Studies	2016	Q1
Cultural Studies	2017	Q1
Cultural Studies	2018	Q1
Cultural Studies	2019	Q1
Cultural Studies	2020	Q1
Cultural Studies	2021	Q1
Cultural Studies	2022	Q1
Cultural Studies	2023	Q1
Health (social science)	1999	Q3
Health (social science)	2000	Q3
Health (social science)	2001	Q3
Health (social science)	2002	Q2
Health (social science)	2003	Q3
Health (social science)	2004	Q2
Health (social science)	2005	Q3
Health (social science)	2006	Q3
Health (social science)	2007	Q2
Health (social science)	2008	Q2
Health (social science)	2009	Q3
Health (social science)	2010	Q1
Health (social science)	2011	Q4
Health (social science)	2012	Q3
Health (social science)	2013	Q2
Health (social science)	2014	Q2
Health (social science)	2015	Q1
Health (social science)	2016	Q2
Health (social science)	2017	Q2
Health (social science)	2018	Q2
Health (social science)	2019	Q2
Health (social science)	2020	Q2
Health (social science)	2021	Q1
Health (social science)	2022	Q2
Health (social science)	2023	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	1999	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2000	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2001	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2002	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2003	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2004	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2005	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2006	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2007	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2008	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2009	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2010	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2011	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2012	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2013	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2014	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2015	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2016	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2017	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2018	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2019	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2020	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2021	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2022	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2023	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	1999	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2000	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2001	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2002	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2003	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2004	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2005	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2006	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2007	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2008	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2009	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2010	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2011	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2012	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2013	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2014	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2015	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2016	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2017	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2018	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2019	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2020	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2021	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2022	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.155
2000	0.184
2001	0.280
2002	0.340
2003	0.184
2004	0.266
2005	0.258
2006	0.233
2007	0.300
2008	0.382
2009	0.172
2010	0.624
2011	0.143
2012	0.289
2013	0.485
2014	0.392
2015	0.931
2016	0.657
2017	0.449
2018	0.605
2019	0.651
2020	0.753
2021	0.718
2022	0.641
2023	0.828

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	30
2000	28
2001	27
2002	33
2003	22
2004	25
2005	25
2006	24
2007	28
2008	26
2009	26
2010	24
2011	33
2012	30
2013	39
2014	25
2015	23
2016	33
2017	26
2018	20
2019	26
2020	28
2021	29
2022	28
2023	35

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.306
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.206
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.340
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.330
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.373
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.655
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.589
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.790
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.833
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.088
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.660
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.962
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	1.567
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.642
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.071
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.214
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.646
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	2.133
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.607
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.853
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.895
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	2.180
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.068
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	3.036
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.306
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.222
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.375
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.271
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.420
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.732
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.400
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.708
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.986
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.182
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.808
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.588
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.487
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.108
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.108
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.894
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.839
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.593
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.695
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.696
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	2.056
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	2.216
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	2.012
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	3.153
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.357
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.259
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.255
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.483
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.636
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.362
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.640
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.061
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.212
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.352
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.462
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.740
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.719
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.857
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.159
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	2.063
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.583
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.464
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.390
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	2.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	2.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.093
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.877
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.789

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	2
Self Cites	2000	3
Self Cites	2001	5
Self Cites	2002	7
Self Cites	2003	2
Self Cites	2004	9
Self Cites	2005	2
Self Cites	2006	3
Self Cites	2007	4
Self Cites	2008	5
Self Cites	2009	6
Self Cites	2010	13
Self Cites	2011	6
Self Cites	2012	3
Self Cites	2013	5
Self Cites	2014	3
Self Cites	2015	11
Self Cites	2016	6
Self Cites	2017	8
Self Cites	2018	7
Self Cites	2019	5
Self Cites	2020	2
Self Cites	2021	9
Self Cites	2022	6
Self Cites	2023	6
Total Cites	1999	22
Total Cites	2000	16
Total Cites	2001	33
Total Cites	2002	23
Total Cites	2003	37
Total Cites	2004	60
Total Cites	2005	32
Total Cites	2006	51
Total Cites	2007	73
Total Cites	2008	91
Total Cites	2009	141
Total Cites	2010	127
Total Cites	2011	113
Total Cites	2012	92
Total Cites	2013	87
Total Cites	2014	113
Total Cites	2015	178
Total Cites	2016	160
Total Cites	2017	129
Total Cites	2018	139
Total Cites	2019	134
Total Cites	2020	148
Total Cites	2021	164
Total Cites	2022	167
Total Cites	2023	268

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.278
External Cites per document	2000	0.181
External Cites per document	2001	0.318
External Cites per document	2002	0.188
External Cites per document	2003	0.398
External Cites per document	2004	0.622
External Cites per document	2005	0.375
External Cites per document	2006	0.667
External Cites per document	2007	0.932
External Cites per document	2008	1.117
External Cites per document	2009	1.731
External Cites per document	2010	1.425
External Cites per document	2011	1.408
External Cites per document	2012	1.072
External Cites per document	2013	0.943
External Cites per document	2014	1.078
External Cites per document	2015	1.777
External Cites per document	2016	1.770
External Cites per document	2017	1.494
External Cites per document	2018	1.610
External Cites per document	2019	1.633
External Cites per document	2020	2.028
External Cites per document	2021	2.095
External Cites per document	2022	1.940
External Cites per document	2023	3.082
Cites per document	1999	0.306
Cites per document	2000	0.222
Cites per document	2001	0.375
Cites per document	2002	0.271
Cites per document	2003	0.420
Cites per document	2004	0.732
Cites per document	2005	0.400
Cites per document	2006	0.708
Cites per document	2007	0.986
Cites per document	2008	1.182
Cites per document	2009	1.808
Cites per document	2010	1.588
Cites per document	2011	1.487
Cites per document	2012	1.108
Cites per document	2013	1.000
Cites per document	2014	1.108
Cites per document	2015	1.894
Cites per document	2016	1.839
Cites per document	2017	1.593
Cites per document	2018	1.695
Cites per document	2019	1.696
Cites per document	2020	2.056
Cites per document	2021	2.216
Cites per document	2022	2.012
Cites per document	2023	3.153

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	3.33
2000	0.00
2001	0.00
2002	0.00
2003	0.00
2004	0.00
2005	8.00
2006	8.33
2007	3.57
2008	19.23
2009	7.69
2010	8.33
2011	27.27
2012	0.00
2013	5.13
2014	12.00
2015	4.35
2016	12.12
2017	7.69
2018	10.00
2019	26.92
2020	17.86
2021	6.90
2022	28.57
2023	17.14

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	3
Non-citable documents	2000	4
Non-citable documents	2001	3
Non-citable documents	2002	1
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	0
Non-citable documents	2008	0
Non-citable documents	2009	0
Non-citable documents	2010	0
Non-citable documents	2011	1
Non-citable documents	2012	1
Non-citable documents	2013	1
Non-citable documents	2014	0
Non-citable documents	2015	1
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	3
Non-citable documents	2018	3
Non-citable documents	2019	3
Non-citable documents	2020	6
Non-citable documents	2021	7
Non-citable documents	2022	12
Non-citable documents	2023	8
Citable documents	1999	69
Citable documents	2000	68
Citable documents	2001	85
Citable documents	2002	84
Citable documents	2003	88
Citable documents	2004	82
Citable documents	2005	80
Citable documents	2006	72
Citable documents	2007	74
Citable documents	2008	77
Citable documents	2009	78
Citable documents	2010	80
Citable documents	2011	75
Citable documents	2012	82
Citable documents	2013	86
Citable documents	2014	102
Citable documents	2015	93
Citable documents	2016	86
Citable documents	2017	78
Citable documents	2018	79
Citable documents	2019	76
Citable documents	2020	66
Citable documents	2021	67
Citable documents	2022	71
Citable documents	2023	77

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	60
Uncited documents	2000	64
Uncited documents	2001	69
Uncited documents	2002	68
Uncited documents	2003	69
Uncited documents	2004	53
Uncited documents	2005	60
Uncited documents	2006	45
Uncited documents	2007	35
Uncited documents	2008	39
Uncited documents	2009	35
Uncited documents	2010	31
Uncited documents	2011	33
Uncited documents	2012	44
Uncited documents	2013	53
Uncited documents	2014	58
Uncited documents	2015	37
Uncited documents	2016	35
Uncited documents	2017	32
Uncited documents	2018	33
Uncited documents	2019	33
Uncited documents	2020	22
Uncited documents	2021	19
Uncited documents	2022	27
Uncited documents	2023	24
Cited documents	1999	12
Cited documents	2000	8
Cited documents	2001	19
Cited documents	2002	17
Cited documents	2003	19
Cited documents	2004	29
Cited documents	2005	20
Cited documents	2006	27
Cited documents	2007	39
Cited documents	2008	38
Cited documents	2009	43
Cited documents	2010	49
Cited documents	2011	43
Cited documents	2012	39
Cited documents	2013	34
Cited documents	2014	44
Cited documents	2015	57
Cited documents	2016	52
Cited documents	2017	49
Cited documents	2018	49
Cited documents	2019	46
Cited documents	2020	50
Cited documents	2021	55
Cited documents	2022	56
Cited documents	2023	61