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Journal of Policy Studies

Seoul National University - Graduate School of Public Administration · South Korea · Est. 2015

ISSN2799-9130

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.

📊 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

0.463

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.438

Total Worksi

103

Total Citationsi

277

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Policy Studies (JPS) is a scholarly journal that publishes original research providing rigorous empirical analyses of public policy and administration questions. It also publishes research that makes innovative contributions to comparative policy, developmental administration, and scholarship addressing issues of particular importance to nations.

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General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications103

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Seoul National University - Graduate School of Public Administration

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2799-9130

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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?

N/A

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

2016

2017

2020

141

2022

2023

111

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.

Public AdministrationQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Public Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Public Policy and Administration ResearchFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthLocal Government Finance and DecentralizationReligion, Society, and DevelopmentDisaster Management and ResilienceE-Government and Public ServicesNonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Capital and NetworksHomelessness and Social IssuesFiscal Policies and Political Economy

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Policy Studies

Is Journal of Policy Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Policy Studies: 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 Journal of Policy Studies?

Journal of Policy Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.463.

Is Journal of Policy Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Policy Studies is indexed in Scopus.