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Policy Studies Journal

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1972

ISSN1541-0072

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

305

days submission → published

measured · last 17 articles · accept 266d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.363

H-Indexi

122

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

2.941

Total Worksi

3,553

Total Citationsi

75,539

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science; Public Administration; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1972

Annual Volume~ 71 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,553

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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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?

1541-0072

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

3.2k

2019

1.1k

2020

756

2021

529

2022

554

2023

339

2024

108

242

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.

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Public AdministrationQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political SciencePublic Administration

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Public Policy and Administration ResearchPolicy Transfer and LearningLocal Government Finance and DecentralizationElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationPolitical Influence and Corporate StrategiesSocial Policy and Reform StudiesFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEvaluation and Performance AssessmentSustainability and Climate Change GovernancePolitical Systems and Governance

Frequently asked questions about Policy Studies Journal

Is Policy Studies Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Policy Studies Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Policy Studies Journal?

Policy Studies Journal 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 2.32.

Is Policy Studies Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Policy Studies Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Policy Studies Journal?