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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1981

ISSN1758-6720

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.527

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.042

Total Worksi

2,076

Total Citationsi

31,055

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sociology; Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

Annual Volume~ 95 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,076

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?

1758-6720

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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

1.1k

2019

159

4.4k

2020

933

2021

516

2022

1.1k

2023

328

2024

128

156

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.

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sociology

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Policy and Reform StudiesEmployment and Welfare StudiesWork-Family Balance ChallengesIntergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingLabor Movements and UnionsTaxation and Compliance StudiesGender, Labor, and Family DynamicsHousing, Finance, and NeoliberalismMigration and Labor DynamicsManagement and Organizational Studies

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Is International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Sociology and Social 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 International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy?

International Journal of Sociology and Social 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 1.27.

Is International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy?