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Social Issues and Policy Review

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2007

ISSN1751-2409

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

328

days submission → published

measured · last 15 articles · accept 287d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

2.273

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

3.616

Total Worksi

189

Total Citationsi

15,273

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Social; Social Issues; Applied Psychology; Social Psychology; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications189

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1751-2409

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.1k

2019

669

2020

316

2021

475

2022

187

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.

Applied PsychologyQ1

Social PsychologyQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, SocialSocial Issues

Scopus Categories

Applied PsychologySociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Social Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social and Intergroup PsychologyCultural Differences and ValuesGender Diversity and InequalityRacial and Ethnic Identity ResearchBehavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentHealth disparities and outcomesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Social Issues and Policy Review

Is Social Issues and Policy Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social Issues and Policy Review: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Social Issues and Policy Review?

Social Issues and Policy Review 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 1.88.

Is Social Issues and Policy Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social Issues and Policy Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Social Issues and Policy Review?