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THEORY IN ACTION

TRANSFORMATIVE STUDIES INST · US · Est. 2008

ISSN1937-0229eISSN1937-0237

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Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

627

Total Citationsi

1,093

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Theory in Action is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal of critical thought. Its scope ranges from the local to the global, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and discussion of current research on the interconnections between theory and action. The journal publishes research in the fields of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary studies.

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General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications627

OA Since2017

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?

TRANSFORMATIVE STUDIES INST

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1937-0229 / 1937-0237

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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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

2019

2020

118

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Economy and MarxismLatin American Literature StudiesAnarchism and Radical PoliticsComparative Literary Analysis and CriticismLiterature, Magical Realism, García MárquezCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisLatin American and Latino StudiesLatin American Literature AnalysisRace, History, and American SocietyCrime Patterns and Interventions

Frequently asked questions about THEORY IN ACTION

Is THEORY IN ACTION a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for THEORY IN ACTION: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 THEORY IN ACTION?

THEORY IN ACTION 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 0.07.

Is THEORY IN ACTION indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

THEORY IN ACTION is indexed in Web of Science.