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Studies in Social Justice

Centre for Studies in Social Justice, University of Windsor · Canada · Est. 2006

ISSN1911-4788eISSN1911-4788

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.257

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.737

Total Worksi

504

Total Citationsi

5,730

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science; Gender Studies; Law; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 46 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications504

Publisher OrgBrock University

OA Since2006

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Centre for Studies in Social Justice, University of Windsor

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1911-4788 / 1911-4788

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

100

2019

205

2020

487

2021

372

2022

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.

Gender StudiesQ2

LawQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

LawGender StudiesSociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationEmployment and Welfare StudiesIndigenous Health, Education, and RightsSocial Policy and Reform StudiesLabor Movements and UnionsDisability Rights and RepresentationMigration and Labor DynamicsPosthumanist Ethics and ActivismParticipatory Visual Research MethodsCanadian Identity and History

Frequently asked questions about Studies in Social Justice

Is Studies in Social Justice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Studies in Social Justice: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Studies in Social Justice?

Studies in Social Justice 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 0.91.

Is Studies in Social Justice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Studies in Social Justice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Studies in Social Justice?