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Research in Social Problems and Public Policy is Scopus-indexed. Published by Emerald Publishing.
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ISSN 0196-1152Verify ISSN ↗1875-7928Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
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)
Listed in Scopus, coverage 2025–present (also 2016, 2010–2013, 2005–2008, 2001–2003), but Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for this title — it may be newly indexed and not yet evaluated. Confirm its active status directly with Scopus before submitting.
Research in Social Problems and Public Policy 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.
Research in Social Problems and Public Policy is published by Emerald Publishing. Its print ISSN is 0196-1152 and its online ISSN is 1875-7928.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Research in Social Problems and Public Policy has an h-index of 26 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Research in Social Problems and Public Policy published 1 papers in 2014; its busiest recent year was 2005 with 71. 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.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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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