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Social Policy and Administration

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0144-5596eISSN1467-9515

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.847

H-Indexi

101

SNIPi

1.841

Total Worksi

3,261

Total Citationsi

53,855

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Development Studies; Public Administration; Social Issues; Social Work; Development; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyFive No. A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,261

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0144-5596 / 1467-9515

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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

1.5k

2019

120

2.3k

2020

115

1.9k

2021

107

834

2022

112

648

2023

131

557

2024

111

115

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.

DevelopmentQ1

Public AdministrationQ1

Social WorkQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Development StudiesPublic AdministrationSocial IssuesSocial Work

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial WorkDevelopmentPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Policy and Reform StudiesHealthcare innovation and challengesHousing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEmployment and Welfare StudiesHomelessness and Social Issues

Frequently asked questions about Social Policy and Administration

Is Social Policy and Administration a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social Policy and Administration: 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 Policy and Administration?

Social Policy and Administration 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 1.89.

Is Social Policy and Administration indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social Policy and Administration is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Social Policy and Administration?