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Social Sciences

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2011

ISSN2076-0760eISSN2076-0760

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.557

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.961

Total Worksi

4,669

Total Citationsi

46,826

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,669

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Swiss National LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2076-0760 / 2076-0760

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Swiss National Library, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

328

8.6k

2019

241

4.5k

2020

491

6.9k

2021

608

6.4k

2022

690

6.1k

2023

685

3.5k

2024

734

1.5k

2025

568

117

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Migration, Health and TraumaMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Media and PoliticsMigration and Labor DynamicsEmployment and Welfare StudiesHomelessness and Social IssuesIntimate Partner and Family ViolenceChild Abuse and TraumaWork-Family Balance ChallengesSex work and related issues

Frequently asked questions about Social Sciences

Is Social Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social Sciences: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Social Sciences?

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 2.02.

Is Social Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Social Sciences?