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Journal of Poverty

Routledge · United States

ISSN1087-5549eISSN1540-7608

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.317

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.95

Total Worksi

1,019

Total Citationsi

9,605

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journal of Poverty publishes research on contemporary forms of poverty within a global and societal context. It also covers the lived experiences of poverty and inequality, and majorly publishes in the area of Poverty & Welfare.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive

Total Publications1,019

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1087-5549 / 1540-7608

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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

569

2019

280

2020

460

2021

159

2022

2023

196

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.

DemographyQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Work

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceDemography

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesHomelessness and Social IssuesGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Poverty

Is Journal of Poverty a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Poverty: 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 Journal of Poverty?

Journal of Poverty 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 1.74.

Is Journal of Poverty indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Poverty is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.