Journal of Social Policy

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Social Policy carries high quality articles on all aspects of social policy in an international context.

It places particular emphasis upon articles which seek to contribute to debates on the future direction of social policy, to present new empirical data, to advance theories, or to analyse issues in the making and implementation of social policies.

The Journal of Social Policy is part of the "Social Policy Package", which also includes Social Policy and Society and the Social Policy Digest.

An online resource, the Social Policy Digest, was launched in 2003.

The Digest provides a regularly up-dated, fully searchable, summary of policy developments and research findings across the whole range of social policy.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6
2024	1.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.025

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	84

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4626

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	605

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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 Environmental Science 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.

• Deprivation

  Citation: 1111

  Authors: Peter

• Area, Class and Health: Should we be Focusing on Places or People?

  Citation: 707

  Authors: Sally, Sheila, Anne

• Classifying Welfare States: a Two-dimension Approach

  Citation: 394

  Authors: GIULIANO

• Culture and Welfare State Policies: Reflections on a Complex Interrelation

  Citation: 332

  Authors: BIRGIT

• Dissolving the Public Realm? The Logics and Limits of Neo-liberalism

  Citation: 304

  Authors: JOHN

• Measuring Subjective Wellbeing: Recommendations on Measures for use by National Governments

  Citation: 300

  Authors: PAUL, ROBERT

• Public Participation and Collaborative Governance

  Citation: 273

  Authors: JANET, MARIAN, HELEN, ANDREW

• Direct and Indirect Measures of Poverty

  Citation: 258

  Authors: Stein

• How Social Innovation ‘Came to Be’: Tracing the Evolution of a Contested Concept

  Citation: 252

  Authors: NOORSEHA, SIMON, KYLIE

• Overlaps in Dimensions of Poverty

  Citation: 237

  Authors: JONATHAN, NAOMI

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