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Q: Is Symbolic Interaction a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Symbolic Interaction: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list.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.

Q: What is the impact factor of Symbolic Interaction?

Symbolic Interaction 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 PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.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 0.64.

Q: Is Symbolic Interaction indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Symbolic Interaction is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

Wiley-Blackwell · United States · Est. 1977

ISSN1533-8665

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.515

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.577

Total Worksi

2,405

Total Citationsi

35,316

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sociology; Communication; Education; Nursing (miscellaneous); Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

FrequencyQuarterly, <1992-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,405

Publisher OrgWiley

Visit Journal Website

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

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1533-8665

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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

644

2019

462

2020

247

2021

130

2022

133

2023

146

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.

CommunicationQ2

EducationQ2

Nursing (miscellaneous)Q2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Social PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sociology

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Nursing (miscellaneous)CommunicationEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social and Cultural DynamicsContemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesManagement and Organizational StudiesFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesBig Data and Digital EconomyHuman auditory perception and evaluationQualitative Research Methods and EthicsRhetoric and Communication Studies

Frequently asked questions about Symbolic Interaction

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