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Social Analysis is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.4), WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Berghahn Journals.
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ISSN 0155-977XVerify ISSN ↗1558-5727Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Berghahn Journals
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (all) | 28 / 175 | 84th | Q1 |
| Cultural Studies | 291 / 1434 | 79th | Q1 |
| Anthropology | 181 / 536 | 66th | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 774 / 1530 | 49th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.4.
Social Analysis is Q1 in Arts and Humanities (all) (rank 28 of 175), Q1 in Cultural Studies (rank 291 of 1434) and Q2 in Anthropology (rank 181 of 536), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Social Analysis is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 84th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.526, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 39.
Social Analysis is published by Berghahn Journals. Its print ISSN is 0155-977X and its online ISSN is 1558-5727.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Social Analysis has an h-index of 48 and a 2-year mean of 0.52 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #46 of 158 Scopus journals in Arts and Humanities (all).
Social Analysis published 27 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 52. 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. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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