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SOCIAL RESEARCH

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS · US

ISSN0037-783XeISSN0037-783X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.228

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.513

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; History; Cultural Studies; Philosophy; Political Science and International Relations; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 59 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgNew School

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Submission Info

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?

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0037-783X / 0037-783X

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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

436

2019

595

2020

241

2021

225

2022

2023

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.

HistoryQ1

Cultural StudiesQ2

PhilosophyQ2

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesLegal Cases and CommentaryHuman auditory perception and evaluationHannah Arendt's Political PhilosophyAcademic Freedom and PoliticsContemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsHigher Education Governance and DevelopmentEconomic Theory and InstitutionsReligion and Society Interactions

Frequently asked questions about SOCIAL RESEARCH

Is SOCIAL RESEARCH a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for SOCIAL RESEARCH: 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 SOCIAL RESEARCH?

SOCIAL RESEARCH 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.

Is SOCIAL RESEARCH indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

SOCIAL RESEARCH is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.