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Journal of Social Welfare Law
Journal of Social Welfare Law is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 0141-8033Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Journal of Social Welfare Law indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1980–1990 (also 1978)).
What is the impact factor of Journal of Social Welfare Law?
Journal of Social Welfare Law 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 Social Welfare Law and what is its ISSN?
Journal of Social Welfare Law is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its ISSN is 0141-8033.
Is Journal of Social Welfare Law in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Journal of Social Welfare Law open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Journal of Social Welfare Law for 12 years, between 1978 and 1990, with 1 year in that span missing. Coverage ended in 1990, 36 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 578 works and 489 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 1990, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 1990, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Journal of Social Welfare Law? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Journal of Social Welfare Law has an h-index of 9 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Journal of Social Welfare Law published 47 papers in 1990; its busiest recent year was 1981 with 83. 2026* is the year so far.
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 Social Welfare Law? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 1990. 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 1990
- 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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