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Socius is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 2378-0231Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (all) | 89 / 286 | 69th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.9.
Socius is Q2 in Social Sciences (all) (rank 89 of 286), by CiteScore 2025.
Socius 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 2.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.838, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 50.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,000 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.
Socius is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its ISSN is 2378-0231.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Socius has an h-index of 66 and a 2-year mean of 2.87 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #38 of 268 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (all).
Socius published 125 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 162. 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 (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (70.3%), Canada (6%) and Germany (4.8%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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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