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International Journal of Housing Policy

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

ISSN1949-1247eISSN1949-1255

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.954

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.597

Total Worksi

754

Total Citationsi

10,372

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Studies; Regional & Urban Planning; Urban Studies; Geography, Planning and Development; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 52 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications754

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?

1949-1247 / 1949-1255

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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

1.2k

2019

767

2020

684

2021

476

2022

291

2023

171

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental StudiesRegional & Urban PlanningUrban Studies

Scopus Categories

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismHousing Market and EconomicsUrban Planning and GovernanceUrbanization and City PlanningUrban and Rural Development ChallengesUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesHomelessness and Social IssuesMigration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesCollaborative and Sustainable Housing InitiativesPolitical and Economic history of UK and US

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Housing Policy

Is International Journal of Housing Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Housing Policy: 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 International Journal of Housing Policy?

International Journal of Housing Policy 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 1.40.

Is International Journal of Housing Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Housing Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Housing Policy?