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Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences

City University of Hong Kong Press · Hong Kong

ISSN1021-3619

SJR Q4✓ 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.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.122

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

405

Total Citationsi

279

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionHong Kong

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 120 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications405

Publisher OrgScience Press

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

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4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

City University of Hong Kong Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1021-3619

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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

2019

2020

2021

2022

238

261

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesSMEs Development and Digital MarketingTechnology-Enhanced Education StudiesEmployee Performance and ManagementHong Kong and Taiwan PoliticsGlobal trade and economicsFinancial Analysis and Corporate GovernanceCorporate Governance and Financial ManagementIslamic Finance and CommunicationEducation and Critical Thinking Development

Frequently asked questions about Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences

Is Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences: 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 Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences?

Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.122.

Is Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences?