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Resources Policy

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0301-4207

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

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 ↗

📊 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

2.05

H-Indexi

175

SNIPi

1.948

Total Worksi

6,559

Total Citationsi

211,473

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics and Econometrics; Law; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications6,559

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

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5/11 · 45%

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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?

0301-4207

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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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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

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

246

14k

2019

351

22k

2020

507

27k

2021

664

30k

2022

1.2k

36k

2023

768

11k

2024

285

1.2k

2025

150

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

LawQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthMining and Resource ManagementNatural Resources and Economic DevelopmentMarket Dynamics and VolatilityEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

Frequently asked questions about Resources Policy

Is Resources Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Resources Policy: it is indexed in 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 Resources Policy?

Resources Policy is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 2.05.

Is Resources Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Resources Policy is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Resources Policy?