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Global Society

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1360-0826eISSN1469-798X

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.85

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.741

Total Worksi

941

Total Citationsi

13,698

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: International Relations; Geography, Planning and Development; Global and Planetary Change.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyQuarterly, <2013->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications941

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1360-0826 / 1469-798X

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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

386

2019

750

2020

274

2021

470

2022

232

2023

101

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Global and Planetary ChangeQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International Relations

Scopus Categories

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentGlobal and Planetary Change

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Development and AidGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsPeacebuilding and International SecurityInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesPolitical Conflict and GovernanceHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsEuropean Union Policy and GovernanceInternational Law and Human Rights

Frequently asked questions about Global Society

Is Global Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Society: 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 Global Society?

Global Society 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 1.49.

Is Global Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Global Society?