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Evaluation and Program Planning

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0149-7189eISSN1873-7870

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.554

H-Indexi

124

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.892

Total Worksi

3,645

Total Citationsi

120,822

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Business and International Management; Geography, Planning and Development; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Social Psychology; Strategy and Management.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 134 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,645

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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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6/12 · 50%

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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?

0149-7189 / 1873-7870

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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?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

122

1.8k

2019

1.2k

2020

100

1.1k

2021

131

1.3k

2022

139

968

2023

325

2024

169

168

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.

Business and International ManagementQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Social PsychologyQ2

Strategy and ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologyStrategy and ManagementGeography, Planning and DevelopmentBusiness and International ManagementPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Evaluation and Performance AssessmentHealth Policy Implementation ScienceCommunity Health and DevelopmentHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Evaluation and Program Planning

Is Evaluation and Program Planning a predatory journal?

No major predatory indicators were found for Evaluation and Program Planning. It is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus and has a PubScope Trust Score of 43/100. Always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Evaluation and Program Planning?

Evaluation and Program Planning is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (in the Journal Citation Reports). 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 1.68.

Is Evaluation and Program Planning indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Evaluation and Program Planning is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.