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Social Responsibility Journal

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2004

ISSN1747-1117eISSN1758-857X

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.973

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.313

Total Worksi

1,379

Total Citationsi

36,880

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.77

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Management; Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous); Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 100 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,379

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1747-1117 / 1758-857X

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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

2.5k

2019

3.8k

2020

2021

1.6k

2022

1.6k

2023

987

2024

126

459

2025

104

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.

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Management

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessEthics in Business and EducationSustainable Supply Chain ManagementCorporate Finance and GovernanceAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceManagement and Organizational StudiesEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification

Frequently asked questions about Social Responsibility Journal

Is Social Responsibility Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social Responsibility Journal: 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 Social Responsibility Journal?

Social Responsibility 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 3.77.

Is Social Responsibility Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social Responsibility Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Social Responsibility Journal?