Population Research and Policy Review
ISSN 0167-5923 · Springer Science+Business Media · Netherlands · active 1982–2026
Metrics
- Best Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q1
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 2.4
- SJR
- 0.902
- h-index
- 86
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 25 October 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Population Research and Policy Review is Q1 in 1 of its 2 subject categories and Q2 in the other 1. Its best category quartile is Q1.
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Demography | Q1 | #23 of 137 |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | Q2 | #122 of 424 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 2.27
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 59
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
Population Research and Policy Review is Q1 in 1 of its 2 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Demography: Q1, #23 of 137), with SJR 0.902 (Scimago) and an h-index of 86 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Responding time
- Submission to acceptance
- 370 days (median)Estimated from our library (20 papers)
- Acceptance to publication
- 21 days (median)Estimated from our library (17 papers)
- Submission to publication
- 404 days (median)Estimated from our library (17 papers)
Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.
Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- Access status:
- hybrid. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is Population Research and Policy Review a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Population Research and Policy Review. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is Population Research and Policy Review indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Population Research and Policy Review appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Population Research and Policy Review?
Papers in Population Research and Policy Review are cited about 2.4 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 86. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is Population Research and Policy Review (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Population Research and Policy Review is Q1 in 1 of its 2 subject categories and Q2 in the other 1. By category: Demography: Q1, #23 of 137; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law: Q2, #122 of 424. Its best category quartile is Q1. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Population Research and Policy Review is cited about 2.4 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 86.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Population Research and Policy Review?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Population Research and Policy Review. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q1 in Demography, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is Population Research and Policy Review open access?
Our index records its access status as "hybrid". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
How long does Population Research and Policy Review take to publish a paper?
Submission to acceptance for Population Research and Policy Review takes about 370 days (median) — Estimated from our library (n=20 papers). Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Population Research and Policy Review.
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