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Emotions and Society

Policy Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2019

ISSN2631-6900

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.511

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.108

Total Worksi

219

Total Citationsi

1,004

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.95

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sociology; Cultural Studies; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications219

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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?

Policy Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2631-6900

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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

211

2019

290

2020

136

2021

192

2022

172

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Social PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sociology

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Cultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Emotional Labor in ProfessionsEmotions and Moral BehaviorYouth Education and Societal DynamicsGender, Feminism, and MediaHistory of Emotions ResearchSocial and Cultural DynamicsLaw in Society and CultureEmployment and Welfare StudiesManagement and Organizational StudiesLanguage, Discourse, Communication Strategies

Frequently asked questions about Emotions and Society

Is Emotions and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Emotions and Society: 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 Emotions and Society?

Emotions and Society 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 0.95.

Is Emotions and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Emotions and Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Emotions and Society?