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Policy Sciences

ISSN 0032-2687 · 1573-0891

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Scopus · Q1ABDC BWoS · SSCIONOS

Is Policy Sciences indexed in Scopus? Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1970–2026, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.8.

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

What is the ABDC rating of Policy Sciences? It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Other commerce, management, tourism and services.

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

6.8
CiteScore 2025
Scopus
Q1
Best quartile
93rd percentile
B
ABDC rating
JQL 2025
3
Indexed in
major indexes
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
B
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
1970
Field of research
Other commerce, management, tourism and services (3599)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Springer International Publishing
B = next 35–40% — good to excellent metrics and reputation.
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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

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ Web of Science ↗ ABDC list ↗

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