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Social Movement Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1474-2837eISSN1474-2829

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.159

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.338

Total Worksi

1,127

Total Citationsi

28,260

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Social Movement Studies publishes soundly researched analyses and contributions dealing with social movements and popular protests. The journal aims to re-establish writing as intervention and welcomes inter-disciplinary work that extends across disciplinary boundaries.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,127

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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?

1474-2837 / 1474-2829

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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

1.6k

2019

1.9k

2020

1.5k

2021

694

2022

376

2023

241

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political ScienceSociology

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Media and PoliticsPolitical Conflict and GovernanceLabor Movements and UnionsSocial and Cultural DynamicsSocial Policy and Reform StudiesPopulism, Right-Wing MovementsElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationGender Politics and RepresentationGender, Feminism, and MediaMigration, Refugees, and Integration

Frequently asked questions about Social Movement Studies

Is Social Movement Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social Movement 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 Social Movement Studies?

Social Movement 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 1.60.

Is Social Movement Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social Movement Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.