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Social Psychology of Education is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.1), WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Netherlands.
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ISSN 1381-2890Verify ISSN ↗1573-1928Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Cost to publish: About US$3,290 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 210 / 1530 | 86th | Q1 |
| Education | 324 / 1698 | 80th | Q1 |
| Developmental and Educational Psychology | 93 / 380 | 75th | Q1 |
| Social Psychology | 84 / 315 | 73rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.1.
Social Psychology of Education is Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 210 of 1530), Q1 in Education (rank 324 of 1698) and Q1 in Developmental and Educational Psychology (rank 93 of 380), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Social Psychology of Education 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 5.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 86th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.256, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 76.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,290 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Social Psychology of Education is published by Springer Netherlands. Its print ISSN is 1381-2890 and its online ISSN is 1573-1928.
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.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Social Psychology of Education has an h-index of 100 and a 2-year mean of 3.42 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #83 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Social Psychology of Education published 193 papers in 2025. 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.
In its latest 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (14.3%), Germany (13.8%) and United States (8.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (2.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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