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Surveillance and Society

Surveillance Studies Network · United Kingdom · Est. 1969

ISSN1477-7487eISSN1477-7487
SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access
96
/ 100
High Trust
PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals
Score Breakdown
◆ Scopus Q178
✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18
Total96
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⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
26
weeks to publish · journal-reported
Slow · vs ~15 wk median
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei
0.569
H-Indexi
69
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIPi
1.071
Total Worksi
1,153
Total Citationsi
22,343
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.98
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Urban Studies; Safety Research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1969
Annual Volume~ 54 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications1,153
Publisher OrgSurveillance Studies Network
OA Since2001
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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free
Peer ReviewDouble-blind
Review Time~26 weeks
Acceptance Rate—
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✗ No
📦 Long-term Preservation
Scholars Portal

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/12 · 83%
✅
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Surveillance Studies Network
✅
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
1477-7487 / 1477-7487
✅
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
✅
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
✅
APC fees clearly disclosed?
No APC (Free)
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
✅
Long-term digital preservation?
Scholars Portal
❌
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
✅
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
✅
Primary language documented?
English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
85
2.1k
2019
64
597
2020
73
559
2021
60
285
2022
57
238
2023
49
100
2024
55
45
2025
31
1
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.

Urban StudiesQ1
Safety ResearchQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesSafety Research

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Privacy, Security, and Data ProtectionGlobal Security and Public HealthGeographies of human-animal interactionsCrime, Deviance, and Social ControlIntelligence, Security, War StrategyPolicing Practices and PerceptionsMedia Studies and CommunicationSocial Media and PoliticsEthics and Social Impacts of AIMigration, Refugees, and Integration

Frequently asked questions about Surveillance and Society

Is Surveillance and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Surveillance and Society: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Surveillance and Society?

Surveillance and Society 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 0.98.

Is Surveillance and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Surveillance and Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Surveillance and Society?

Subject areas: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Urban Studies; Safety Research.

How much does it cost to publish in Surveillance and Society?

Surveillance and Society is a Diamond open-access journal — there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref