Home›Search›Social Philosophy and Policy

Social Philosophy and Policy

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN0265-0525eISSN1471-6437

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · AHCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.24

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.314

Total Worksi

1,196

Total Citationsi

27,390

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Social Philosophy and Policy is a journal that publishes articles on social philosophy and policy. It covers a wide range of topics within these fields, including political philosophy, ethics, social justice, and public policy. The journal aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and contribute to the ongoing debates in social and political thought.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications1,196

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer ReviewDouble-blind 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

7/11 · 64%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

0265-0525 / 1471-6437

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

✅

Peer review process documented?

Double-blind peer review

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

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

291

2019

182

2020

224

2021

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.

PhilosophyQ2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EthicsPhilosophySocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

PhilosophySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Philosophy and EthicsPhilosophical Ethics and TheoryDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesFree Will and AgencyAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics

Frequently asked questions about Social Philosophy and Policy

Is Social Philosophy and Policy a predatory journal?

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

Social Philosophy and Policy 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 0.49.

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

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