Science and Public Policy

Aims & Scope

Science and Public Policy is a leading international journal on public policies for science, technology and innovation.

It covers all types of science and technology in both developed and developing countries.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.3
2024	2.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.881

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	85

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5876

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	842

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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.

• Responsible research and innovation: From science in society to science for society, with society

  Citation: 1127

  Authors: R., P., J.

• Beyond the third mission: Exploring the emerging university function of co-creation for sustainability

  Citation: 445

  Authors: G., M., K. B., C. N. H., S. B.

• Systemic instruments for systemic innovation problems: A framework for policy makers and innovation scholars

  Citation: 411

  Authors: A. J., M. P.

• Researchers' roles in knowledge co-production: experience from sustainability research in Kenya, Switzerland, Bolivia and Nepal

  Citation: 410

  Authors: Christian, Stephan, Anne, Patricia, Ghana S, Flurina, Chinwe Ifejika, Boniface, Sébastian, Elvira, Gertrude Hirsch, Urs

• Democratising expertise and socially robust knowledge

  Citation: 392

  Authors: Helga

• Scientific expertise and political accountability: paradoxes of science in politics

  Citation: 331

  Authors: Peter

• Next-Generation Innovation Policy and Grand Challenges

  Citation: 283

  Authors: Stefan, Arie

• Incubation of incubators: innovation as a triple helix of university-industry-government networks

  Citation: 231

  Authors: Henry

• Credibility, salience, and legitimacy of boundary objects: water managers' assessment of a simulation model in an immersive decision theater

  Citation: 210

  Authors: Dave D, Amber, Kelli L, Patricia, Timothy, Clea

• Mode 2 society and the emergence of context-sensitive science

  Citation: 209

  Authors: Michael

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