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American Journal of Evaluation

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1976

ISSN1098-2140eISSN1557-0878

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.655

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.511

Total Worksi

1,915

Total Citationsi

52,520

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Sociology and Political Science; Business and International Management; Education; Health (social science); Social Psychology; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

FrequencyThree Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,915

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

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?

1098-2140 / 1557-0878

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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

670

2019

533

2020

661

2021

346

2022

131

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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Business and International ManagementQ2

EducationQ2

Health (social science)Q2

Social PsychologyQ2

Strategy and ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologyStrategy and ManagementBusiness and International ManagementHealth (social science)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Evaluation and Performance AssessmentHealth Policy Implementation ScienceEducational Assessment and ImprovementCommunity Health and DevelopmentPublic Policy and Administration ResearchHuman Resource Development and Performance EvaluationPrimary Care and Health OutcomesAdvanced Causal Inference TechniquesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Evaluation

Is American Journal of Evaluation a predatory journal?

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

American Journal of Evaluation 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 0.97.

Is American Journal of Evaluation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Journal of Evaluation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.