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Policy Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1980

ISSN1470-1006

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.898

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.32

Total Worksi

1,496

Total Citationsi

22,884

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Policy Studies publishes original articles that enable theoretical, methodological, and empirical advances in the study of public policy and governance. The journal's scope includes public administration, economics, econometrics, finance, political science, international relations, and sociology.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

FrequencyBimonthly, 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,496

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1470-1006

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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

1.1k

2020

855

2021

425

2022

457

2023

452

2024

252

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political SciencePublic Administration

Scopus Categories

Political Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Policy and Reform StudiesPublic Policy and Administration ResearchPolicy Transfer and LearningHousing, Finance, and NeoliberalismPolitical and Economic history of UK and USEmployment and Welfare StudiesHealthcare innovation and challengesElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationLabor Movements and UnionsDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Policy Studies

Is Policy Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Policy Studies: 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 Policy Studies?

Policy Studies 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 2.93.

Is Policy Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Policy Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.