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Population and Economics

Pensoft Publishers · Bulgaria · Est. 2000

ISSN2658-3798

SJR Q3✓ 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 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.215

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.272

Total Worksi

326

Total Citationsi

1,251

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Demography; Gender Studies; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Economics and Econometrics.

General Information

Country / RegionBulgaria

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 36 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications326

Publisher OrgPensoft Publishers

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Pensoft Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2658-3798

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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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

280

2019

444

2020

2021

209

2022

2023

124

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

Gender StudiesQ3

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Economics and EconometricsQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Gender StudiesSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Economics and EconometricsDemography

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Regional Socio-Economic Development TrendsSocioeconomic and Demographic AnalysisHealthcare Systems and Public HealthGlobal Health Care IssuesArctic and Russian Policy StudiesHealth disparities and outcomesCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsEmployment and Welfare StudiesFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsInsurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

Frequently asked questions about Population and Economics

Is Population and Economics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Population and Economics: 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 Population and Economics?

Population and Economics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.215.

Is Population and Economics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Population and Economics is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Population and Economics?