Evidence and Policy

Aims & Scope

Evidence & Policy is the first peer-reviewed journal dedicated to comprehensive and critical assessment of the relationship between researchers and the evidence they produce and the concerns of policy makers and practitioners.

International in scope and interdisciplinary in focus, it addresses the needs of those who develop public policies, provide public services, or provide the research base for evaluation and development across a wide range of social and public policy issues (e.g. criminal justice, employment and welfare, education, environmental protection, finance, health, housing, international development, social care, and transport), and those who are working to connect the two (such as knowledge brokers).

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.5
2024	1.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.118

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	46

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4017

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	345

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A web-based tool for adjusting costs to a specific target currency and price year

  Citation: 300

  Authors: Ian, Thomas, Morciano

• Knowledge brokering: the missing link in the evidence to action chain?

  Citation: 285

  Authors: Vicky, Allan, Susan

• Systems thinking, knowledge and action: towards better models and methods

  Citation: 268

  Authors: Allan, Bev

• What is ‘translation’?

  Citation: 163

  Authors: Richard

• When does evidence-based policy turn into policy-based evidence? Configurations, contexts and mechanisms

  Citation: 148

  Authors: Holger, Pekka

• The politics of co-production: risks, limits and pollution

  Citation: 133

  Authors: Matthew, Matthew, Malaika

• Mobilising knowledge in complex health systems: a call to action

  Citation: 128

  Authors: Bev J, Allan, Huw, David, Michael P, Martin, Joanne

• Is the evidence-based practice movement doing more good than harm? Reflections on Iain Chalmers’ case for research-based policy making and practice

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Martyn

• Documents, practices and policy

  Citation: 123

  Authors: Richard, Jo

• Testing methodological developments in the conduct of narrative synthesis: a demonstration review of research on the implementation of smoke alarm interventions

  Citation: 120

  Authors: Lisa, Nicky, Jennie, Helen, Mark, Mark, Amanda

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