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Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0038-0121eISSN1873-6041

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.22

H-Indexi

107

SNIPi

1.62

Total Worksi

3,358

Total Citationsi

69,037

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics; Management; Operations Research & Management Science; Economics and Econometrics; Geography, Planning and Development; Management Science and Operations Research; Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly, <1991->

StatusActive

Total Publications3,358

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0038-0121 / 1873-6041

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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

2019

167

6.2k

2020

178

6.5k

2021

215

2022

228

2023

296

2024

216

961

2025

164

115

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.

Economics and EconometricsQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ1

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyQ1

Strategy and ManagementQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsManagementOperations Research & Management Science

Scopus Categories

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyStrategy and ManagementManagement Science and Operations ResearchEconomics and EconometricsGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Efficiency Analysis Using DEAFacility Location and Emergency ManagementFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Is Socio-Economic Planning Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Socio-Economic Planning Sciences: 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 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences?

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 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 5.06.

Is Socio-Economic Planning Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.