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Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Springer Nature · United Kingdom · Est. 2020

ISSN2662-9992eISSN2662-9992

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

276

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 260d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · AHCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.904

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.443

Total Worksi

6,552

Total Citationsi

59,022

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications is a fully open access journal publishing scholarship from across all areas of the humanities, social and behavioural sciences. We encourage the submission of research outputs arising in specific disciplines, or from inter-disciplinary engagement. We aspire to be the definitive peer-reviewed outlet for open access research in and between fields within our scope. The journal is published by Springer Nature. It began publication as Palgrave Communications (ISSN 2662-9992) and operated under that title until June 16th 2020. Open access journal covering all of humanities and social sciences. Publishes articles, reviews, and comments, as well as guest-edited thematic series. High visibility for your work with open access. For a more detailed aims and scope visit this page. We welcome research from all areas and between the humanities and social sciences. We additionally welcome interdisciplinary scholarship, including that arising in, or informed by, the physical, life, clinical and environmental sciences, if it makes a contribution to the advancement of the humanities or social sciences. We also welcome research that seeks to inform policymaking of all types.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2020

Annual Volume~ 1,631 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,552

Publisher OrgPalgrave Macmillan

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~32 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2662-9992 / 2662-9992

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

187

5.6k

2020

332

9.5k

2021

468

9.8k

2022

981

15k

2023

1.8k

19k

2024

2.1k

7.6k

2025

1.6k

208

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q1

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q1

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, MultidisciplinarySocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessDigital Marketing and Social MediaMisinformation and Its ImpactsTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourSocial Media and PoliticsDiverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorUrban Transport and AccessibilityCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting

Frequently asked questions about Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Is Humanities and Social Sciences Communications a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Humanities and Social Sciences Communications: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Humanities and Social Sciences Communications?

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 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 4.61.

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

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.