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Basic Income Studies

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2006

ISSN1932-0183

SJR Q3✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.394

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.829

Total Worksi

377

Total Citationsi

3,660

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.63

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Basic Income Studies is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research on basic income. The journal covers a wide range of topics related to basic income, including its economic, social, and political implications. Basic Income Studies is published by Elsevier.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications377

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1932-0183

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

135

2019

129

2020

144

2021

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.

Economics and EconometricsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Economics

Scopus Categories

Economics and Econometrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Policy and Reform StudiesIncome, Poverty, and InequalityPolitical Economy and MarxismEconomic Theory and PolicyGender, Labor, and Family DynamicsHousing, Finance, and NeoliberalismPolitical Philosophy and EthicsEconomic Theory and InstitutionsEmployment and Welfare StudiesFiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Frequently asked questions about Basic Income Studies

Is Basic Income Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Basic Income Studies: 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 Basic Income Studies?

Basic Income Studies 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 0.63.

Is Basic Income Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Basic Income Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.