Utilitas

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN1741-6183

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.579

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.852

Total Worksi

1,573

Total Citationsi

15,912

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Utilitas is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Association for Social Economics. It covers research on the economic analysis of ethical and social issues, including welfare economics, public economics, environmental economics, and the economics of inequality and discrimination. The journal aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and to promote the application of economic tools to understand and address complex social problems.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,573

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1741-6183

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Peer-reviewed

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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

216

2019

325

2020

329

2021

126

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.

PhilosophyQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Philosophy

Scopus Categories

PhilosophySociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Philosophical Ethics and TheoryPolitical Philosophy and EthicsFree Will and AgencyPolitical Theory and InfluenceWar, Ethics, and JustificationPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentEpistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsEthics in medical practice

Frequently asked questions about Utilitas

Is Utilitas a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Utilitas: 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 Utilitas?

Utilitas 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 0.49.

Is Utilitas indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Utilitas is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.