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Statistics and Public Policy

Taylor & Francis Group · United States · Est. 1997

eISSN2330-443X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.412

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.801

Total Worksi

171

Total Citationsi

1,746

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Statistics and Public Policy is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes articles on statistics, probability, and public policy. It focuses on evidence-based methods and data analysis in areas such as education, politics, and the environment.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications171

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2013

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor & Francis Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2330-443X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Anonymous peer review

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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)?

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Public AdministrationQ2

Applied MathematicsQ3

Statistics and ProbabilityQ3

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationCensus and Population EstimationSchool Choice and PerformanceCrime Patterns and InterventionsData-Driven Disease SurveillanceAdvanced Causal Inference TechniquesGame Theory and Voting SystemsIncome, Poverty, and InequalityStatistics Education and MethodologiesGun Ownership and Violence Research

Frequently asked questions about Statistics and Public Policy

Is Statistics and Public Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Statistics and Public Policy: 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 Statistics and Public Policy?

Statistics and Public Policy 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 1.21.

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

Statistics and Public Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.