Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice

Aims & Scope

The JCPA published scholarship aims to capture differences or similarities in policy issues as well as the role of comparative policy analysis both within and between social units.

It contributes to: comparative theory development; comparative theory testing; comparative methodology development; the evaluation of comparative research methods; comparative empirical policy research; the practice implications of comparative public policy; lesson-drawing and extrapolation.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4
2024	3.90

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4900

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	405

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.991

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	39

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in 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 New Measure of Financial Openness

  Citation: 826

  Authors: Menzie D., Hiro

• The Dependent Variable Problem in the Study of Policy Change: Understanding Policy Change as a Methodological Problem

  Citation: 238

  Authors: Michael, Benjamin

• The Role and Impact of the Multiple-Streams Approach in Comparative Policy Analysis

  Citation: 155

  Authors: Daniel, Michael

• Understanding Policy Change as an Epistemological and Theoretical Problem

  Citation: 146

  Authors: Giliberto

• The Dependent Variable Problem within the Study of Welfare State Retrenchment: Defining the Problem and Looking for Solutions

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Christoffer

• The Problem of Policy Problems

  Citation: 105

  Authors: Guy B.

• Agency fever? Analysis of an international policy fashion

  Citation: 103

  Authors: Christopher, Karen, Janice, Amanda, Colin

• Failing family policy in post-communist Central Europe

  Citation: 102

  Authors: Steven, Tomáš

• Three Worlds of Welfare Chauvinism? How Welfare Regimes Affect Support for Distributing Welfare to Immigrants in Europe

  Citation: 97

  Authors: Jeroen, Willem, Wim

• Reconciliation policies and the effects of motherhood on employment, earnings and poverty

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Joya, Michelle J., Stephanie

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