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Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN1942-0684

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.9

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.282

Total Worksi

452

Total Citationsi

13,428

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Social Entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary publication that embraces and encourages work on social entrepreneurship from a range of scholarly perspectives beyond business and management. It focuses on advancing the understanding of social entrepreneurship through rigorous research that emphasizes the intersection of social and economic objectives.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 45 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications452

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1942-0684

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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

1.8k

2019

1.1k

2020

996

2021

279

2022

410

2023

272

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.

DevelopmentQ1

Business and International ManagementQ2

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business

Scopus Categories

Economics and EconometricsDevelopmentBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesInnovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentFamily Business Performance and SuccessionCommunity Development and Social ImpactNonprofit Sector and VolunteeringMicrofinance and Financial InclusionManagement and Organizational StudiesCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingCooperative Studies and EconomicsPrivate Equity and Venture Capital

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

Is Journal of Social Entrepreneurship a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Social Entrepreneurship: 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 Journal of Social Entrepreneurship?

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship 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 2.72.

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

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.