Journal of Consumer Policy

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Consumer Policy is a refereed, international journal which encompasses a broad range of issues concerned with consumer affairs.

It looks at the consumer's dependence on existing social and economic structures, helps to define the consumer's interest, and discusses the ways in which consumer welfare can be fostered - or restrained - through actions and policies of consumers, industry, organizations, government, educational institutions, and the mass media.

The Journal of Consumer Policy publishes theoretical and empirical research on consumer and producer conduct, emphasizing the implications for consumers and increasing communication between the parties in the marketplace.

Articles cover consumer issues in law, economics, and behavioural sciences.

Current areas of topical interest include the impact of new information technologies, the economics of information, the consequences of regulation or deregulation of markets, problems related to an increasing internationalization of trade and marketing practices, consumers in less affluent societies, the efficacy of economic cooperation, consumers and the environment, problems with products and services provided by the public sector, the setting of priorities by consumer organizations and agencies, gender issues, product safety and product liability, and the interaction between consumption and associated forms of behaviour such as work and leisure.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.6
2024	1.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9712

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	186

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.598

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	63

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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 Business, Management and Accounting and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 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.

• Converging Conventions of Comfort, Cleanliness and Convenience

  Citation: 472

  Authors: Elizabeth

• Information, Incentives, and Proenvironmental Consumer Behavior

  Citation: 449

  Authors: Paul C.

• Nudging: A Very Short Guide

  Citation: 439

  Authors: Cass R.

• Determinants of Consumer Attitudes and Purchase Intentions With Regard to Genetically Modified Food – Results of a Cross-National Survey

  Citation: 435

  Authors: Lone

• Understanding of consumer behaviour as a prerequisite for environmental protection

  Citation: 418

  Authors: Folke, John

• Simple and Painless? The Limitations of Spillover in Environmental Campaigning

  Citation: 395

  Authors: John, Tom

• I'd like to buy the world a coke: Consumptionscapes of the “less affluent world” | “I'd like to buy the world a Coke”: Konsumpanoramen in weniger entwickelten Gesellschaften

  Citation: 329

  Authors: Güliz, Russell W.

• How May Consumer Policy Empower Consumers for Sustainable Lifestyles?

  Citation: 325

  Authors: John

• Customer Response to Carbon Labelling of Groceries

  Citation: 284

  Authors: Jerome K., John, Scott, Angus M., Ben C., Rhoda, Michael J., Kelly M., Mark D., Jim

• Compulsive buying: Concept and measurement

  Citation: 280

  Authors: Gilles, Alain, Louis

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