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Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1954

ISSN1467-9485

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.396

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.712

Total Worksi

2,525

Total Citationsi

36,047

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics; Political Science; Sociology and Political Science; Economics and Econometrics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1954

Annual Volume~ 44 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,525

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1467-9485

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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

313

2019

152

2020

108

2021

102

2022

120

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 ScienceQ2

Economics and EconometricsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsPolitical Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics and Econometrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthLocal Government Finance and DecentralizationMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomic Theory and PolicyEconomic theories and modelsLabor market dynamics and wage inequalityPolitical Systems and GovernanceScottish History and National IdentityRegional Development and PolicyFiscal Policies and Political Economy

Frequently asked questions about Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Is Scottish Journal of Political Economy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Scottish Journal of Political Economy: 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 Scottish Journal of Political Economy?

Scottish Journal of Political Economy 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 0.68.

Is Scottish Journal of Political Economy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scottish Journal of Political Economy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Scottish Journal of Political Economy?