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Poverty and Public Policy

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1979

ISSN2194-6027

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.293

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.749

Total Worksi

677

Total Citationsi

3,236

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1979

Annual Volume~ 43 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications677

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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2194-6027

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

140

2019

220

2020

163

2021

2022

115

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Income, Poverty, and InequalityPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareGender, Labor, and Family DynamicsSocial Policy and Reform StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationHousing, Finance, and NeoliberalismDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesMicrofinance and Financial InclusionFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEmployment and Welfare Studies

Frequently asked questions about Poverty and Public Policy

Is Poverty and Public Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Poverty and Public Policy: it is indexed in 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 Poverty and Public Policy?

Poverty and Public Policy is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.293.

Is Poverty and Public Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Poverty and Public Policy is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Poverty and Public Policy?