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Discover's 5th Anniversary: Discover journals shine in the 2025 indexing metrics

Celebrating five years of Discover with a look at the 2025 indexing milestones achieved by our pioneering thirteen journals.

This post is part of the “Celebrating Five Years of the Discover Journals” series, highlighting Discover journals and the people who have played a key role in shaping their development. The series aims to spotlight the leadership, values, and vibrant communities behind the journals. 


This year marks an important milestone for the Discover journals at Springer Nature: five years since the first thirteen Discover titles started publishing papers from across our research communities. What began as an ambitious effort to create broad-scope, high‑quality, community‑driven journals has now grown into a thriving portfolio, supported and shaped by the research community. 

As we celebrate five years of Discover Journals Series, we are delighted to share the latest indexing metrics of 2025 for the first thirteen Discover journals. These milestones reflect the growing visibility and recognition of journals that were established with a clear mission: to provide inclusive, multidisciplinary platforms that accelerate the sharing of sound science.

Journal Latest Indexing Metrics 2025

Discover Sustainability

  • Indexed in DOAJ, ESCI and Scopus
  • Impact Factor: 5.2
  • CiteScore: 3.3

Discover Oncology

  • Indexed in DOAJ, SCIE, PubMedCentral and Scopus
  • Impact Factor: 2.8
  • CiteScore: 1.9  

Discover Water

  • Indexed in DOAJ

Discover Internet of Things

  • Indexed in DOAJ, Ei Compendex and Scopus
  •  CiteScore: 6.9

Discover Energy

  • Indexed in DOAJ and Scopus
  • The first CiteScore will be released in 2027

Discover Chemical Engineering

  • Indexed in DOAJ, ESCI and Scopus
  • Impact Factor: 3.6
  • CiteScore: 5

Discover Materials

  • Indexed in DOAJ, ESCI and Scopus 
  • Impact Factor: 5.8
  • CiteScore: 4

Discover Social Science and Health

  • Indexed in DOAJ, ESCI and Scopus 
  • Impact Factor: 1.5
  • CiteScore: 1.3

Discover Artificial Intelligence

  • Indexed in DOAJ, Ei Compendex and Scopus
  • CiteScore: 6.2

Discover Food

  • Indexed in DOAJ, Ei Compendex, ESCI and Scopus
  • Impact Factor: 3.6
  • CiteScore: 3.2

Discover Mental Health

  • Indexed in DOAJ, ESCI, PubMedCentral and Scopus
  • Impact Factor: 2.2
  • CiteScore: 2.2

Discover Psychology

  • Indexed in DOAJ, ESCI and Scopus 
  • Impact Factor: 1.5
  • CiteScore: 1.8

Discover Education 

  • Indexed in DOAJ and Scopus 
  • CiteScore: 2

Citation-based metrics are of course not the only or best way to measure the impact of research at a journal, but they are a valuable insight into the influence the publications in our journals have on their research communities.

Discover more about Discover Journal Series here: https://www.springer.com/gp/campaign/discover-journals 

Please stay tuned for more posts from our anniversary celebrations!