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Policy and Internet

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN1944-2866eISSN1944-2866

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.521

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.18

Total Worksi

624

Total Citationsi

16,631

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Political Science; Computer Science Applications; Health Policy; Health (social science); Public Administration.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications624

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1944-2866 / 1944-2866

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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

1.6k

2019

970

2020

692

2021

1.2k

2022

417

2023

485

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.

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Health PolicyQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Public AdministrationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationPolitical Science

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsPublic AdministrationHealth (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Media and PoliticsE-Government and Public ServicesHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionPrivacy, Security, and Data ProtectionDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringMedia Studies and CommunicationMisinformation and Its ImpactsElectoral Systems and Political Participation

Frequently asked questions about Policy and Internet

Is Policy and Internet a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Policy and Internet: 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 Policy and Internet?

Policy and Internet 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 3.57.

Is Policy and Internet indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Policy and Internet is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Policy and Internet?