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Social Enterprise Journal
Social Enterprise Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.9), ABDC C, ABS / AJG 1, WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Emerald Group Publishing.
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Quick answers
Is Social Enterprise Journal indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present (also 2016, 2012), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.9.
What quartile is Social Enterprise Journal in Scopus?
Social Enterprise Journal is Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 155 of 1530), Q1 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (rank 42 of 283) and Q1 in Development (rank 51 of 314), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of Social Enterprise Journal?
Social Enterprise Journal is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 5.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 89th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.629, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 29.
Who publishes Social Enterprise Journal and what is its ISSN?
Social Enterprise Journal is published by Emerald Group Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1750-8533 and its online ISSN is 1750-8614.
Is Social Enterprise Journal covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Social Enterprise Journal in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
What is the ABDC rating of Social Enterprise Journal?
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Strategy, management and organisational behaviour.
What is the ABS / AJG rating of Social Enterprise Journal?
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management field, unchanged from 2021.
Is Social Enterprise Journal open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Social Enterprise Journal? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Social Enterprise Journal has an h-index of 63 and a 2-year mean of 2.9 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #128 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
63
h-index
2.9
2-yr mean citations
307
i10-index
574
works indexed
14,893
total citations
2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#128 of 1,478Top 9%Sociology and Political Science
#52 of 274Top 19%Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
#52 of 299Top 18%Development
Papers published per year
Social Enterprise Journal published 54 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 64. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesCommunity Development and Social ImpactFamily Business Performance and SuccessionInnovation and Socioeconomic Development
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.
Who publishes in Social Enterprise Journal? — latest 97 articles, 2024–2026
In its latest 97 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from India (11.2%), United States (5.5%) and Indonesia (5.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Social Enterprise Journal? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
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.
Scopus statusActive
Retracted papersNone recorded
Problematic Paper Screener flagsNone 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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