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Social Change

Council for Social Development · India

ISSN0049-0857

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q354

Total54

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.217

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.596

Total Worksi

2,670

Total Citationsi

8,753

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geography, Planning and Development; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science; Development.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 67 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,670

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Council for Social Development

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0049-0857

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

N/A

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

358

2019

293

2020

109

2021

137

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

DevelopmentQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)DevelopmentGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

South Asian Studies and ConflictsSocial and Economic Development in IndiaPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareIncome, Poverty, and InequalityIndian Economic and Social Development

Frequently asked questions about Social Change

Is Social Change a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social Change: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 54/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Social Change?

Social Change is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.217.

Is Social Change indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social Change is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Social Change?