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Journal of Social Policy

ISSN 0047-2794 · 1469-7823

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Scopus · Q1ABDC AWoS · SSCIONOS

Is Journal of Social Policy indexed in Scopus? Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1986–2026; 1978-1984; 1976, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.

Is Journal of Social Policy in Web of Science? Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.

What is the ABDC rating of Journal of Social Policy? It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Strategy, management and organisational behaviour.

Is Journal of Social Policy open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

7
CiteScore 2025
Scopus
Q1
Best quartile
93rd percentile
A
ABDC rating
JQL 2025
3
Indexed in
major indexes
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
A
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
1972
Field of research
Strategy, management and organisational behaviour (3507)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Cambridge University Press
A = next 15–25% — among the highest citation metrics in its field.
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DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
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FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · SubscriptionOne Nation One Subscription — full-text access
This journal is part of the ONOS national subscription — readers at an ONOS-subscribed Indian institution get full-text access to its articles at no cost.
Access depends on your institution’s ONOS participation; the subscribed title list is subject to revision.
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ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

Official sources & links

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