Home›Search›Nordic Welfare Research

Nordic Welfare Research

Scandinavian University Press · Norway · Est. 2016

ISSN2464-4161eISSN2464-4161

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total74

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 75% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.25

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.603

Total Worksi

154

Total Citationsi

722

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Work; Demography; Health (social science); Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Life-span and Life-course Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionNorway

Primary LanguageDanish, English, Norwegian, Swedish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 27 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications154

Publisher OrgUniversitetsforlaget

OA Since2015

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~26 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Scandinavian University Press

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2464-4161 / 2464-4161

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

Primary language documented?

Danish, English, Norwegian, Swedish

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

168

2019

2020

142

2021

2022

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.

DemographyQ3

Health (social science)Q3

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Life-span and Life-course StudiesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Work

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)DemographyLife-span and Life-course StudiesHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Policy and Reform StudiesEmployment and Welfare StudiesMental Health and Patient InvolvementHealthcare innovation and challengesHomelessness and Social IssuesHousing, Finance, and NeoliberalismHealth disparities and outcomesEducation, Healthcare and Sociology ResearchIntergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingRetirement, Disability, and Employment

Frequently asked questions about Nordic Welfare Research

Is Nordic Welfare Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nordic Welfare Research: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 74/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Nordic Welfare Research?

Nordic Welfare Research 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 1.52.

Is Nordic Welfare Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nordic Welfare Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Nordic Welfare Research?