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Journal of Comparative Social Welfare
Journal of Comparative Social Welfare is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Routledge.
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ISSN 1748-6831Verify ISSN ↗1748-684XVerify ISSN ↗
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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Journal of Comparative Social Welfare indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2010–2012).
What is the impact factor of Journal of Comparative Social Welfare?
Journal of Comparative Social Welfare has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Journal of Comparative Social Welfare and what is its ISSN?
Journal of Comparative Social Welfare is published by Routledge. Its print ISSN is 1748-6831 and its online ISSN is 1748-684X.
Is Journal of Comparative Social Welfare in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Journal of Comparative Social Welfare open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Journal of Comparative Social Welfare for 3 years, between 2010 and 2012. Coverage ended in 2012, 14 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 168 works and 1,207 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2012, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2012, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Journal of Comparative Social Welfare? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Journal of Comparative Social Welfare has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
19
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
46
i10-index
168
works indexed
1,207
total citations
Journal of Comparative Social Welfare published 27 papers in 2012; its busiest recent year was 2008 with 32. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Journal of Comparative Social Welfare? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2012. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2012
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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