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Journal of Social Ontology

University of Vienna · Australia · Est. 2014

ISSN2196-9663

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.247

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.122

Total Worksi

135

Total Citationsi

2,729

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anthropology; Linguistics and Language; Philosophy; Communication; Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Frequency2 issues per year

StatusActive (last: 2021)

Total Publications135

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Vienna

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2196-9663

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

Portico, PKP PN

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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

1.2k

2014

228

2015

396

2016

414

2017

101

2018

190

2019

146

2020

101

2021

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.

AnthropologyQ2

Linguistics and LanguageQ2

PhilosophyQ2

CommunicationQ3

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q3

Social PsychologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyPhilosophyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Social PsychologyCommunicationLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Philosophy and EthicsEpistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsFree Will and AgencyCritical Realism in SociologyPhilosophical Ethics and TheoryPhilosophy and History of ScienceEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationContemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeFeminist Epistemology and Gender StudiesPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Social Ontology

Is Journal of Social Ontology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Social Ontology: it is indexed in 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 Journal of Social Ontology?

Journal of Social Ontology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.247.

Is Journal of Social Ontology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Social Ontology is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Social Ontology?