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Public Opinion Quarterly

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1937

ISSN1537-5331

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.191

H-Indexi

216

SNIPi

1.592

Total Worksi

7,584

Total Citationsi

248,076

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Political Science; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; History; History and Philosophy of Science; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1937

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications7,584

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1537-5331

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

3.4k

2019

1.4k

2020

1.5k

2021

625

2022

823

2023

520

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.

CommunicationQ1

HistoryQ1

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationPolitical ScienceSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistorySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)History and Philosophy of ScienceCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Media and PoliticsSurvey Methodology and NonresponseHuman auditory perception and evaluationMedia Studies and CommunicationSocial and Intergroup PsychologyLegal case studies and regulationsAcademic Freedom and PoliticsPolitical Influence and Corporate StrategiesDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Public Opinion Quarterly

Is Public Opinion Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Public Opinion Quarterly: 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 Public Opinion Quarterly?

Public Opinion Quarterly 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 2.76.

Is Public Opinion Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Public Opinion Quarterly is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Public Opinion Quarterly?