WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #5,468CAS 2区Hybrid

Space Policy

Country: United Kingdom•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 0.935•SCImago Rank: #5,468•Identifier (ISSN):0265-9646(Print)/1879-338X(Online)•Articles / Year: 19•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,155 USD

Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)

Clarivate IF (2026)Q1

2.7

↑ +0.8

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

H-Index (Hirsch Index)

37 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ1

Self-Citation Rate20%

Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)

Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.

Volume & Open AccessHybrid

19articles/year

31.37% Gold OA•96.97% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

2.00pts

Latest Max Score

Estimated (Dec 26)

Scoring Basis: WoS Q1(IF: 2.7)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year

Year	Max Score	Evaluation Details	Source
2026	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 2.7)	🔵 Computed
2025	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 1.9)	🔵 Computed
2024	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 2)	🔵 Computed
2023	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 1.1)	🔵 Computed
2022	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 1.609)	🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Space Policy is an international, interdisciplinary journal which draws on the fields of international relations, economics, history, aerospace studies, security studies, development studies, political science and ethics to provide discussion and analysis of space activities in their political, economic, industrial, legal, cultural and social contexts. Alongside full-length papers, which are subject to a double-blind peer review system, the journal publishes opinion pieces, case studies and short reports and, in so doing, it aims to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and opinions and a means by which authors can alert policy makers and international organizations to their views. Space Policy is also a journal of record, reproducing, in whole or part, official documents such as treaties, space agency plans or government reports relevant to the space community. Views expressed in the journal are not necessarily those of the editors or members of the editorial board.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)

Political science80.3%Computer science74.1%Philosophy61%Operating system57.6%Linguistics56.5%Space (punctuation)54.1%Law49.8%Business48%Engineering44.7%Physics42.1%Economics42.1%Astronomy29.4%Geography29.3%Aerospace engineering29.2%Biology27.7%Sociology26.8%Mathematics26%Marketing23.9%History23.9%Commercialization21.3%

Primary Research Areas

Multiple

Official Website NLM PubMed Catalog SCImago Profile

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #5,468Scopus Q1SCImago Profile

Scopus Coverage:1985-2026

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Scopus Broad Areas:Earth and Planetary SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceSocial Sciences

Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1

0.935

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1

Scopus H-Index (2025)

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)

Citations / Doc (2 years)

3.25

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window

Estimated Publication Fee (APC)

$3,155 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations339

3-Year Documents106

Citable Documents104

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate37.5%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

LawQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Space and Planetary ScienceQ2

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):

2区 (Zone 2)Sociology

Minor Category (Specific Field):

3区INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

CAS Early Warning List History:

Updated annually: 2020 – 2024

2020

Not warned

2021

Not warned

2022

Not warned

2023

Not warned

2024

Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed

Updating

Average time to first editorial decision

Online Publication Speed

Updating

Time from acceptance to online publication

Official Acceptance Rate

Updating

Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher

Open Access Model

Hybrid

OA publishing option or traditional subscription

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Language

English

Frequency

Periodic

Indexing & Databases

SSCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI

Category	Index	Rank	Quartile
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS	JCRSSCI	37/173	Q1
SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY	JCRSSCI	40/275	Q1
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS	JCISSCI	51/173	Q2
SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY	JCISSCI	44/276	Q1