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Action Research

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2000

ISSN1476-7503eISSN1741-2617

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.545

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.698

Total Worksi

730

Total Citationsi

17,154

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Management; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management; Sociology and Political Science; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications730

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1476-7503 / 1741-2617

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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

904

2019

396

2020

127

2021

148

2022

127

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.

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Strategy and ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ManagementSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceStrategy and ManagementOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Participatory Visual Research MethodsCommunity Health and DevelopmentEvaluation and Performance AssessmentMental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Policy Implementation ScienceManagement and Organizational StudiesInnovative Education and Learning PracticesChildren's Rights and ParticipationQualitative Research Methods and EthicsComplex Systems and Decision Making

Frequently asked questions about Action Research

Is Action Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Action Research: 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 Action Research?

Action Research 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 1.38.

Is Action Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Action Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Action Research?