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Administrative Science Quarterly

Johnson School at Cornell University · United States

ISSN0001-8392eISSN1930-3815

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

9.595

H-Indexi

471

SNIPi

3.422

Total Worksi

4,334

Total Citationsi

1,053,879

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas (NLM/MEDLINE-assigned): Organization and Administration.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications4,334

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Johnson School at Cornell University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0001-8392 / 1930-3815

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

3.4k

2019

1.7k

2020

1.6k

2021

2022

680

2023

519

2024

186

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Public AdministrationQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BusinessManagement

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Public Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Management and Organizational StudiesComplex Systems and Decision MakingInnovation and Knowledge ManagementBusiness Strategy and InnovationCorporate Finance and Governance

Frequently asked questions about Administrative Science Quarterly

Is Administrative Science Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Administrative Science Quarterly: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Administrative Science Quarterly?

Administrative Science Quarterly is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 3.26.

Is Administrative Science Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Administrative Science Quarterly is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Administrative Science Quarterly?