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Journal of Social Inclusion

Griffith University · Australia · Est. 2010

ISSN1836-8808

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2025-06-23). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.252

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

367

Total Citationsi

1,614

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Professions (miscellaneous); Health (social science); Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2022)

Total Publications367

Publisher OrgGriffith University

OA Since2009

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Griffith University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1836-8808

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

174

2015

124

2016

217

2017

103

2018

103

2019

2020

2021

2022

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.

Health Professions (miscellaneous)Q2

Health (social science)Q3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHealth Professions (miscellaneous)Health (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Homelessness and Social IssuesDisability Rights and RepresentationFamily and Disability Support ResearchEducation Systems and PolicyMental Health and Patient InvolvementCommunity Development and Social ImpactHealthcare innovation and challengesSocial Work Education and PracticeUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesYouth Education and Societal Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Social Inclusion

Is Journal of Social Inclusion a predatory journal?

Journal of Social Inclusion was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2025-06-23). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Social Inclusion?

Journal of Social Inclusion is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.252.

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

Journal of Social Inclusion is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Social Inclusion?