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Competition and Change

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom

ISSN1024-5294eISSN1477-2221

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.438

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.387

Total Worksi

773

Total Citationsi

17,772

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Competition and Change explores topics under financialization, unitary state, and globalization. The journal aims to develop an understanding of the causes and consequences of competition and change with respect to globalization, financialization, and broader conceptualizations of restructuring capitalist relations.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive

Total Publications773

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1024-5294 / 1477-2221

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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

553

2019

1.7k

2020

708

2021

880

2022

383

2023

315

2024

192

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, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BusinessEconomicsGeography

Scopus Categories

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impactSocial Policy and Reform StudiesEconomic Theory and PolicyLabor Movements and Unions

Frequently asked questions about Competition and Change

Is Competition and Change a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Competition and Change: 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 Competition and Change?

Competition and Change 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 2.65.

Is Competition and Change indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Competition and Change is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.