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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #1,129CAS 1区Top JournalHybrid

Social Issues and Policy Review

Country: United Kingdom•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 2.273•SCImago Rank: #1,129•Identifier (ISSN):1751-2395(Print)/1751-2409(Online)•Articles / Year: 3•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,911 USD
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
5.6
– 0

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (Hirsch Index)
58

58 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate0%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
3articles/year
55% Gold OA•90% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

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

3.00pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.6)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20263.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.6)
🔵 Computed
20253.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.6)
🔵 Computed
20243.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 7.2)
🔵 Computed
20233.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 9.4)
🔵 Computed
20223.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 9.857)
🔵 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

The mission of Social Issues and Policy Review (SIPR) is to provide state of the art and timely theoretical and empirical reviews of topics and programs of research that are directly relevant to understanding and addressing social issues and public policy. SIPR, like other review volumes (e.g., Annual Review of Psychology and Advances in Experimental Social Psychology) is formally considered a periodical. Papers will be accessible and relevant to a broad audience and will normally be based on a program of research. Works in SIPR will represent perspectives directly relevant to the psychological study of social issues and public policy. Contributions are expected to be review papers that present a strong scholarly foundation and consider how research and theory can inform social issues and policy or articulate the implication of social issues and public policy for theory and research.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Psychology94.2%Political science57.4%Social psychology52.9%Law52.9%Computer science45.8%Sociology40%Philosophy35.5%Medicine33.5%Biology32.9%Economics31%Epistemology21.3%Physics21.3%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

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

Rank #1,129Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2008-2025
Scopus Broad Areas:PsychologySocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
2.273

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

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
58

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
9.67

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

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,911 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations245
3-Year Documents24
Citable Documents24

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 Rate60.9%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

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

Scopus Subject Categories

Applied PsychologyQ1
Social PsychologyQ1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1
Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
1区 (Zone 1)Psychology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
1区SOCIAL ISSUES
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
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
JCRSSCI
4/77Q1
SOCIAL ISSUES
JCRSSCI
4/72Q1
PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
JCISSCI
5/77Q1
SOCIAL ISSUES
JCISSCI
3/72Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—93
20255.6427
20247.2825
20239.415201
20229.85712514
2021—6326
2020—12710
2019—91,100
2018—201,564
2017—112,307
2016—101,463
2015—81,173
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Social Issues and Policy Review

WoS Q1
3691220222023202420255.60
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:5.6

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 0%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

Record UUID: 8a6584ff-7963-4115-9079-92ee22991017
Database Updated: 2026-10-01