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Evidence and Policy

Policy Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2005

ISSN1744-2648eISSN1744-2656

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.677

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.333

Total Worksi

808

Total Citationsi

14,857

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.92

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Physiology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyThree Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications808

Publisher OrgPolicy Press

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Policy Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1744-2648 / 1744-2656

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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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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

973

2019

671

2020

526

2021

697

2022

159

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ2

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ2

PhysiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Physiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health Policy Implementation ScienceEvaluation and Performance AssessmentMental Health and Patient InvolvementPrimary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Sciences Research and EducationPolicy Transfer and LearningCommunity Health and DevelopmentHealthcare innovation and challengesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Assessment and Improvement

Frequently asked questions about Evidence and Policy

Is Evidence and Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Evidence and Policy: 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 Evidence and Policy?

Evidence and Policy 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 0.92.

Is Evidence and Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Evidence and Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Evidence and Policy?