Social Philosophy and Policy
ISSN 0265-0525 · Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · active 1983–2026
Metrics
- Best Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q2
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 1.0
- SJR
- 0.24
- h-index
- 78
“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 15 November 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Social Philosophy and Policy is Q2 in 1 of its 2 subject categories and Q3 in the other 1. Its best category quartile is Q2.
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | Q2 | #253 of 865 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q3 | #507 of 937 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 1.08
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 29
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).
Social Philosophy and Policy is Q2 in 1 of its 2 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Philosophy: Q2, #253 of 865), with SJR 0.24 (Scimago) and an h-index of 78 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Indexing & access
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- 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 Social Philosophy and Policy a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Social Philosophy and Policy. 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 Social Philosophy and Policy indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Social Philosophy and Policy 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 Social Philosophy and Policy?
Papers in Social Philosophy and Policy are cited about 1.0 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 78. 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 Social Philosophy and Policy (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Social Philosophy and Policy is Q2 in 1 of its 2 subject categories and Q3 in the other 1. By category: Philosophy: Q2, #253 of 865; Social Sciences (miscellaneous): Q3, #507 of 937. Its best category quartile is Q2. 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; Social Philosophy and Policy is cited about 1.0 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 78.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Social Philosophy and Policy?
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 Social Philosophy and Policy. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q2 in Philosophy, 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 Social Philosophy and Policy 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.
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