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Social Sciences and Humanities Open

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN2590-2911

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.634

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.259

Total Worksi

2,721

Total Citationsi

17,844

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Social Sciences and Humanities Open is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes research related to social sciences, humanities, economics, and education. It also covers topics in decision sciences and psychology.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyUnknown

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,721

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2590-2911

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, 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

161

2019

2.9k

2020

142

4.5k

2021

143

2.3k

2022

405

2023

466

3.7k

2024

1.1k

3.2k

2025

1.1k

375

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)Q1

Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesOnline and Blended LearningCOVID-19 and Mental HealthEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourOnline Learning and AnalyticsJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorTechnology-Enhanced Education StudiesEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Frequently asked questions about Social Sciences and Humanities Open

Is Social Sciences and Humanities Open a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social Sciences and Humanities Open: it is indexed in 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 Social Sciences and Humanities Open?

Social Sciences and Humanities Open is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.634.

Is Social Sciences and Humanities Open indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social Sciences and Humanities Open is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.