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Policy Design and Practice

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2018

ISSN2574-1292eISSN2574-1292

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.867

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.468

Total Worksi

270

Total Citationsi

6,052

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.77

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public Administration; Political Science and International Relations.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2018

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications270

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2017

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2574-1292 / 2574-1292

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

1.5k

2019

2.1k

2020

807

2021

309

2022

404

2023

241

2024

122

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Public AdministrationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public Administration

Scopus Categories

Political Science and International RelationsPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social DevelopmentPublic Policy and Administration ResearchPolicy Transfer and LearningSustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEvaluation and Performance AssessmentSocial Policy and Reform StudiesE-Government and Public ServicesSmart Cities and TechnologiesDisaster Management and ResilienceHealthcare innovation and challenges

Frequently asked questions about Policy Design and Practice

Is Policy Design and Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Policy Design and Practice: 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 Policy Design and Practice?

Policy Design and Practice 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 2.77.

Is Policy Design and Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Policy Design and Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Policy Design and Practice?