Social Indicators Research

Aims & Scope

Since its foundation in 1974, Social Indicators Research has become the leading journal on problems related to the measurement of all aspects of the quality of life.

The journal continues to publish results of research on all aspects of the quality of life and includes studies that reflect developments in the field.

It devotes special attention to studies on such topics as sustainability of quality of life, sustainable development, and the relationship between quality of life and sustainability.

The topics represented in the journal cover and involve a variety of segmentations, such as social groups, spatial and temporal coordinates, population composition, and life domains.

The journal presents empirical, philosophical and methodological studies that cover the entire spectrum of society and are devoted to giving evidences through indicators.

It considers indicators in their different typologies, and gives special attention to indicators that are able to meet the need of understanding social realities and phenomena that are increasingly more complex, interrelated, interacted and dynamical.

In addition, it presents studies aimed at defining new approaches in constructing indicators.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.8
2024	2.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.933

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	147

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5416

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3084

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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 Arts and Humanities, Psychology 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.

• New Well-being Measures: Short Scales to Assess Flourishing and Positive and Negative Feelings

  Citation: 3166

  Authors: Ed, Derrick, William, Chu, Dong-won, Shigehiro, Robert

• A Measure of Subjective Happiness: Preliminary Reliability and Construct Validation

  Citation: 2822

  Authors: Sonja, Heidi S.

• Assessing subjective well-being: Progress and opportunities

  Citation: 1418

  Authors: Ed

• MEASURING QUALITY OF LIFE: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND SUBJECTIVE INDICATORS

  Citation: 1355

  Authors: Ed, Eunkook

• Flourishing Across Europe: Application of a New Conceptual Framework for Defining Well-Being

  Citation: 1177

  Authors: Felicia A., Timothy T. C.

• Will Money Increase Subjective Well-Being?

  Citation: 1138

  Authors: Ed, Robert

• Avowed happiness as an overall assessment of the quality of life

  Citation: 905

  Authors: D. C., D. M.

• Is happiness relative?

  Citation: 868

  Authors: Ruut

• Theory and Validity of Life Satisfaction Scales

  Citation: 810

  Authors: Ed, Ronald, Louis

• Developing a National Index of Subjective Wellbeing: The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index

  Citation: 786

  Authors: Robert A., Richard, Julie, Jackie, RoseAnne

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