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Social Science Computer Review is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 11.2), WoS SCIE/SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 0894-4393Verify ISSN ↗1552-8286Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$3,900 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | 11 / 1162 | 99th | Q1 |
| Social Sciences (all) | 7 / 286 | 97th | Q1 |
| Library and Information Sciences | 17 / 296 | 94th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 118 / 1022 | 88th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1983–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 11.2.
Social Science Computer Review is Q1 in Law (rank 11 of 1162), Q1 in Social Sciences (all) (rank 7 of 286) and Q1 in Library and Information Sciences (rank 17 of 296), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Social Science Computer Review is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and 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 11.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.254, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 104.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,900 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 Science Computer Review is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its print ISSN is 0894-4393 and its online ISSN is 1552-8286.
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 Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Social Science Computer Review has an h-index of 126 and a 2-year mean of 4.64 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 11.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #23 of 1,057 Scopus journals in Law.
Social Science Computer Review published 79 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 98. 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (29.2%), United Kingdom (10.6%) and China (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.8 per 1,000 papers). 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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