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Studies in Social Justice is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Social Justice Research Institute.
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ISSN 1911-4788Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Social Justice Research Institute
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | 333 / 1162 | 71st | Q2 |
| Gender Studies | 77 / 233 | 67th | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 556 / 1530 | 63rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.3.
Studies in Social Justice is Q2 in Law (rank 333 of 1162), Q2 in Gender Studies (rank 77 of 233) and Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 556 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025.
Studies in Social Justice 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 2.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 71st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.257, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 26.
Studies in Social Justice is published by Social Justice Research Institute. Its ISSN is 1911-4788.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Studies in Social Justice has an h-index of 36 and a 2-year mean of 1.05 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #292 of 1,057 Scopus journals in Law.
Studies in Social Justice published 38 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 62. 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 (2024–2026), authors are most often from Canada (63.8%), United States (10.2%) and United Kingdom (4.6%). 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.
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