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Cogent Social Sciences

Cogent OA · United Kingdom · Est. 2015

ISSN2331-1886eISSN2331-1886

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.486

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.975

Total Worksi

2,794

Total Citationsi

25,502

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

FrequencyContinuously Updated

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,794

Publisher OrgCogent OA

OA Since2014

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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

LOCKSSPorticoLibrary of CongressCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cogent OA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2331-1886 / 2331-1886

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, Library of Congress, 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

118

2019

145

2.8k

2020

142

2.3k

2021

333

4.1k

2022

502

4.5k

2023

596

3.6k

2024

515

1.3k

2025

289

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)

Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchAgricultural Innovations and PracticesDigital Marketing and Social MediaPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareMicrofinance and Financial InclusionAgricultural risk and resilienceUrban and Rural Development ChallengesPolitical Conflict and GovernanceCrime Patterns and InterventionsCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts

Frequently asked questions about Cogent Social Sciences

Is Cogent Social Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cogent 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 Cogent Social Sciences?

Cogent 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 2.84.

Is Cogent Social Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Cogent Social Sciences?