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Journal of Critical Realism

Maney Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 1999

ISSN1476-7430eISSN1572-5138

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.914

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.45

Total Worksi

811

Total Citationsi

7,777

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journal of Critical Realism publishes research that fosters the discussion, propagation and development of critical realist approaches to understanding and changing the world. It aims for an inter(trans)disciplinarity that captures reality in its full complexity.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

FrequencyTwice A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications811

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?

Maney Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1476-7430 / 1572-5138

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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

470

2019

804

2020

786

2021

508

2022

280

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.

PhilosophyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PhilosophySocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Philosophy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Critical Realism in SociologyContemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeEconomic Theory and InstitutionsPolitical Economy and MarxismSocial and Cultural DynamicsManagement and Organizational StudiesCritical Theory and PhilosophyPhilosophy and History of SciencePolitical Philosophy and EthicsPolitical and Economic history of UK and US

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Critical Realism

Is Journal of Critical Realism a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Critical Realism: 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 Journal of Critical Realism?

Journal of Critical Realism 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 1.06.

Is Journal of Critical Realism indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Critical Realism is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.