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Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1529-7489eISSN1530-2415

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.649

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.796

Total Worksi

881

Total Citationsi

16,182

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Social; Social Issues; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications881

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1529-7489 / 1530-2415

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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

182

2019

520

2020

724

2021

513

2022

150

2023

198

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, SocialSocial Issues

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social and Intergroup PsychologyCultural Differences and ValuesRacial and Ethnic Identity ResearchTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolencePsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationLGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyGender Diversity and InequalitySocial Media and PoliticsBehavioral Health and Interventions

Frequently asked questions about Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Is Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy: 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 Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy?

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy 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 1.14.

Is Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy?