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European Journal of Social Security

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1999

ISSN2399-2948

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 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

0.656

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.283

Total Worksi

871

Total Citationsi

4,315

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.73

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public Administration; Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

Annual Volume~ 36 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications871

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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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?

2399-2948

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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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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

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

159

2019

282

2020

160

2021

211

2022

273

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.

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Public AdministrationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public Administration

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Public Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Policy and Reform StudiesEuropean Law and MigrationEmployment and Welfare StudiesEuropean and International Law StudiesHousing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEuropean Union Policy and GovernancePolish Legal and Social IssuesTaxation and Legal IssuesLabor Movements and UnionsDiscrimination and Equality Law

Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Social Security

Is European Journal of Social Security a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Journal of Social Security: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 European Journal of Social Security?

European Journal of Social Security 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 0.73.

Is European Journal of Social Security indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Journal of Social Security is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of European Journal of Social Security?