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Policy and Society

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1990

ISSN1449-4035eISSN1839-3373

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.442

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

2.598

Total Worksi

902

Total Citationsi

28,394

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science; Public Administration; Political Science and International Relations; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications902

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~30 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1449-4035 / 1839-3373

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.6k

2019

3.3k

2020

1.3k

2021

1.8k

2022

562

2023

623

2024

264

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Public AdministrationQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political SciencePublic Administration

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Public Policy and Administration ResearchPolicy Transfer and LearningSocial Policy and Reform StudiesPolitical Influence and Corporate StrategiesEvaluation and Performance AssessmentInternational Development and AidLabor Movements and UnionsEuropean Union Policy and GovernanceEmployment and Welfare StudiesRegulation and Compliance Studies

Frequently asked questions about Policy and Society

Is Policy and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Policy and Society: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Policy and Society?

Policy and 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 6.84.

Is Policy and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Policy and Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Policy and Society?