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Social Policy Journal

Social Policy Journal is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Haworth Press Inc..

ISSN 1533-2942Verify ISSN ↗1533-2950Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Haworth Press Inc.

Scopus · Inactive
0
Indexed in
major indexes

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
Not listed in Web of Science.
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Not listed in ABDC.
DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
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.

Is Social Policy Journal indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2002–2006).

What is the impact factor of Social Policy Journal? Social Policy Journal has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for Web of Science SCIE and SSCI titles — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.

Is Social Policy Journal in Web of Science? No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

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

Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex

11
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
14
i10-index
100
works indexed
586
total citations
Papers published per year
025502002: 33 papers3320022003: 22 papers2220032004: 15 papers1520042005: 13 papers1320052006: 9 papers920062008: 8 papers82008Scopus coverage ends 2006

Social Policy Journal published 8 papers in 2008; its busiest recent year was 2002 with 33. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics
Gender, Labor, and Family DynamicsSocial Policy and Reform StudiesHomelessness and Social IssuesUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-09-24.

Integrity signals — indicators, not proof of misconduct

  • Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2006
  • Retracted papers None recorded

Retractions and authorship from OpenAlex; Scopus status from the Scopus source list. A signal marks something to look at more closely; it is not a finding against the journal.

Official sources & links

Scopus source ↗ ISSN Portal · 1533-2942 ↗ISSN Portal · 1533-2950 ↗

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