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Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences

SAGE Publications Ltd · United States · Est. 2014

ISSN2372-7330

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total84

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.913

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.507

Total Worksi

362

Total Citationsi

11,695

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.83

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research; Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Public Administration; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications362

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2372-7330

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

English

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

2019

932

2020

892

2021

326

2022

534

2023

115

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.

Public AdministrationQ1

Social PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational ResearchPsychology, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologyPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial and Intergroup PsychologyChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentReading and Literacy DevelopmentRacial and Ethnic Identity ResearchGender Diversity and InequalityBehavioral Health and InterventionsSchool Choice and PerformanceEducational Strategies and EpistemologiesDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Frequently asked questions about Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Is Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences?

Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain 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 1.83.

Is Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences?