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SN Social Sciences

Springer Nature · Switzerland · Est. 2010

ISSN2662-9283

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

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 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.353

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.571

Total Worksi

1,410

Total Citationsi

5,464

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

SN Social Sciences is an inclusive multidisciplinary journal serving all areas of the Social Sciences community. We encourage the submission of original research, review articles and guest-edited Collections emerging from specific disciplines or from an inter-disciplinary approach. We particularly welcome research focussed on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 228 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,410

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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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?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2662-9283

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

315

2020

274

2.2k

2021

282

1.8k

2022

209

991

2023

230

719

2024

245

358

2025

384

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.

MultidisciplinaryQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Multidisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareUrban and Rural Development ChallengesOnline and Blended LearningMigration and Labor DynamicsHigher Education Research StudiesInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsCOVID-19 and Mental HealthCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsGlobal Maternal and Child HealthHealth disparities and outcomes

Frequently asked questions about SN Social Sciences

Is SN Social Sciences a predatory journal?

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

SN Social Sciences is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.353.

Is SN Social Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

SN Social Sciences is indexed in Scopus.