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Social Analysis

Berghahn Journals · United Kingdom

ISSN1558-5727

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.526

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.541

Total Worksi

832

Total Citationsi

11,498

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anthropology; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Cultural Studies; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency2 No. A Year, 2000-

StatusActive

Total Publications832

Publisher OrgBerghahn Books

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Berghahn Journals

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1558-5727

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

102

2019

447

2020

223

2021

2022

2023

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.

AnthropologyQ1

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Cultural StudiesQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Anthropology

Scopus Categories

AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Anthropological Studies and InsightsSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesGeographies of human-animal interactionsReligion and Society InteractionsLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesLegal and Regulatory AnalysisMilitary Technology and StrategiesMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationVietnamese History and Culture StudiesAnthropology: Ethics, History, Culture

Frequently asked questions about Social Analysis

Is Social Analysis a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social Analysis: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Social Analysis?

Social Analysis 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 0.26.

Is Social Analysis indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social Analysis is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Social Analysis?