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Families, Relationships and Societies

The Policy Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2012

ISSN2046-7435eISSN2046-7443

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.538

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.812

Total Worksi

555

Total Citationsi

4,782

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Family Studies; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

FrequencyThree Issues Yearly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications555

Publisher OrgPolicy Press

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?

The Policy Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2046-7435 / 2046-7443

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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

341

2019

300

2020

265

2021

136

2022

161

2023

121

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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Family Studies

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Intergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingWork-Family Balance ChallengesFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsYouth Education and Societal DynamicsChild Welfare and AdoptionSocial Policy and Reform StudiesChildren's Rights and ParticipationFamily Support in IllnessEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentMigration and Labor Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Families, Relationships and Societies

Is Families, Relationships and Societies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Families, Relationships and Societies: 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 Families, Relationships and Societies?

Families, Relationships and Societies 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 1.57.

Is Families, Relationships and Societies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Families, Relationships and Societies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Families, Relationships and Societies?