Voluntas

Springer New York · United States

ISSN0957-8765eISSN1573-7888

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.939

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.488

Total Worksi

2,426

Total Citationsi

55,720

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes research between state, market, and household sectors. Presents leading academic argument around civil society issues. Offers research that is accessible to practitioners and policymakers.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency6 Issues Per Year, 2014-

StatusActive

Total Publications2,426

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0957-8765 / 1573-7888

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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

120

2.7k

2019

106

2.1k

2020

135

2.2k

2021

118

1.1k

2022

611

2023

273

2024

2025

361

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 ManagementQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Public AdministrationQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Strategy and ManagementQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Issues

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceStrategy and ManagementGeography, Planning and DevelopmentBusiness and International ManagementPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringReligion, Society, and DevelopmentSocial Capital and NetworksTourism, Volunteerism, and DevelopmentCommunity Development and Social Impact

Frequently asked questions about Voluntas

Is Voluntas a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Voluntas: 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 Voluntas?

Voluntas 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 3.51.

Is Voluntas indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Voluntas is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.