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FWU Journal of Social Sciences

Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University · Pakistan · Est. 2019

ISSN1995-1272eISSN1995-1272

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.356

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.79

Total Worksi

255

Total Citationsi

920

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

FWU Journal of Social Sciences aims to reflect global research outcomes in social sciences, publishing articles on relevant theoretical contributions and original papers that significantly contribute to the body of knowledge. It promotes the integration of social sciences and encourages critical and scientific debate in an interdisciplinary context, linking areas such as anthropology, economy, political science, and history.

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General Information

Country / RegionPakistan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

Annual Volume~ 46 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications255

Region🌍 Global South

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1995-1272 / 1995-1272

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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

2020

381

2021

325

2022

108

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.

HistoryQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

EducationQ3

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Sociology and Political ScienceHistorySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastBelt and Road InitiativeIslamic Finance and Banking StudiesTechnology-Enhanced Education StudiesEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentEducation and Islamic StudiesEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningMicrofinance and Financial InclusionTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceInternational Relations and Foreign Policy

Frequently asked questions about FWU Journal of Social Sciences

Is FWU Journal of Social Sciences a predatory journal?

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

FWU Journal of Social Sciences 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 0.85.

Is FWU Journal of Social Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

FWU Journal of Social Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.