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Systemic Practice and Action Research

Springer New York · United States · Est. 1988

ISSN1573-9295
SJR Q3WOS SSCIScopus / 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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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.345
H-Indexi
63
SNIPi
0.856
Total Worksi
1,619
Total Citationsi
25,340
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.44
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Systemic Practice and Action Research is a journal dedicated to critical systems thinking and its applications, with an emphasis on understanding modern societal complexities. Explores the impact of technological advancements, including the enduring effects of older technologies on today's society. Draws on a range of investigative and reasoning methods, including deductionism, empiricism, inductionism, and metaphor. Encourages traditional research methods while fostering new thinking about management and systems research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1988
Annual Volume~ 41 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications1,619
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer New York
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1573-9295
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
38
463
2019
40
528
2020
33
281
2021
41
297
2022
39
242
2023
42
154
2024
41
50
2025
29
7
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 of Technology and InnovationQ3
Strategy and ManagementQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Management

Scopus Categories

Management of Technology and InnovationStrategy and Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Complex Systems and Decision MakingInformation Systems Theories and ImplementationCognitive Science and MappingOrganizational Learning and LeadershipChaos, Complexity, and EducationManagement and Organizational StudiesInnovation and Knowledge ManagementEvaluation and Performance AssessmentCommunity Health and DevelopmentSystems Engineering Methodologies and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Systemic Practice and Action Research

Is Systemic Practice and Action Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Systemic Practice and Action Research: 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 Systemic Practice and Action Research?

Systemic Practice and Action Research 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 1.44.

Is Systemic Practice and Action Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Systemic Practice and Action Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Systemic Practice and Action Research?

Systemic Practice and Action Research is a journal dedicated to critical systems thinking and its applications, with an emphasis on understanding modern societal complexities. Explores the impact of technological advancements, including the enduring effects of older technologies on today's society. Draws on a range of investigative and reasoning methods, including deductionism, empiricism, inductionism, and metaphor. Encourages traditional research methods while fostering new thinking about management and systems research.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref