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Population Studies

United Nations Publications · United States

ISSN0032-4728eISSN1477-4747

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.478

H-Indexi

143

SNIPi

1.575

Total Worksi

4,991

Total Citationsi

117,933

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Demography; History.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyThree No. A Year, July 1951-

StatusActive

Total Publications4,991

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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?

United Nations Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0032-4728 / 1477-4747

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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

620

2019

812

2020

842

2021

374

2022

255

2023

119

2024

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.

DemographyQ1

HistoryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Demography

Scopus Categories

HistoryDemography

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Demographic Trends and Gender PreferencesInsurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsGlobal Maternal and Child HealthGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Population Studies

Is Population Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Population Studies: 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 Population Studies?

Population Studies 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 1.79.

Is Population Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Population Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Population Studies?