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Systems Research and Behavioral Science

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1956

ISSN1099-1743

SJR Q2✓ 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.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.538

H-Indexi

115

SNIPi

1.019

Total Worksi

4,548

Total Citationsi

89,708

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Management; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Information Systems and Management; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1956

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,548

Publisher OrgWiley

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?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1099-1743

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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

1.5k

2019

116

2.4k

2020

778

2021

101

1.1k

2022

406

2023

134

522

2024

115

236

2025

145

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.

Information Systems and ManagementQ2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Strategy and ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ManagementSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Information Systems and ManagementSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Strategy and Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Complex Systems and Decision MakingCognitive Science and MappingInformation Systems Theories and ImplementationChaos, Complexity, and EducationHuman auditory perception and evaluationExperimental Behavioral Economics StudiesEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceGame Theory and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Is Systems Research and Behavioral Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Systems Research and Behavioral Science: 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 Systems Research and Behavioral Science?

Systems Research and Behavioral Science 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 1.64.

Is Systems Research and Behavioral Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Systems Research and Behavioral Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Systems Research and Behavioral Science?