Journal metric profile

Social Issues and Policy Review Impact Factor 2025

Social Issues and Policy Review has a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.6 and is listed in Q1 with a JCR category rank of Mar-68.

JCR-based Impact Factor 5.6 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 9.7 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank Mar-68 Recorded category rank

Social Issues and Policy Review impact factor and ranking

This profile summarizes the journal metrics and publication information available in the current directory record.

Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Social Issues and Policy Review metric snapshot

Social Issues and Policy Review has a bibliometric profile in this directory for 2025. The publisher recorded for the journal is WILEY. Its listed Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor is 5.6. The five-year Journal Impact Factor is 9.7, giving a second citation window for comparison. The journal is recorded in quartile Q1 for its listed JCR category.

Category position and quartile

The JCR category rank stored in this record is “Mar-68”. Readers should verify non-standard imported rank formats against the official JCR record. Its listed quartile is Q1. Category ranks and quartiles are field-specific and are not measures of the quality of an individual article.

How the citation indicators compare

The five-year Journal Impact Factor (9.7) is 4.1 points higher than the standard Journal Impact Factor (5.6). The Impact Factor without journal self-citations is the same as the listed standard value at the displayed precision. The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is recorded as 2.31. These measures use different definitions or citation windows, so they are most useful when read together rather than treated as interchangeable scores.

Citation and publication counts

For 2025, the directory record for Social Issues and Policy Review lists total cites: 1,423; total articles: 2; citable items: 2. These fields describe different parts of the JCR record and should not be combined into an article-level quality score.

Citation half-life profile

The cited half-life is 7.7 years, indicating the median age of items that contributed citations to the journal in the reporting framework. The citing half-life is 7.3 years, indicating the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Identifiers and verification

Social Issues and Policy Review is identified in this directory by print ISSN 1751-2395 and electronic ISSN 1751-2409. The publisher is recorded as WILEY. When making submission, library, or research-evaluation decisions, verify the title and identifiers against the journal publisher and the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports record.

Complete journal information

Use this table to verify the individual metric values, identifiers and publication details stored for this journal.

Journal nameSocial Issues and Policy Review
Abbreviated journalSOC ISS POLICY REV
PublisherWILEY
Metric year2025
Overall rank1,670
ISSN1751-2395
eISSN1751-2409
Total cites1,423
Total articles2
Citable items2
Cited half-life7.7 years
Citing half-life7.3 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor5.6
5-Year Impact Factor9.7
Impact Factor without journal self-cites5.6
Journal Citation Indicator2.31
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rankMar-68
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Social Issues and Policy Review?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Social Issues and Policy Review is 5.6 for the 2025 metric year.

What are the JCR quartile and category rank of Social Issues and Policy Review?

Social Issues and Policy Review is listed with quartile Q1 and category rank Mar-68. These values are category-specific and should be verified against the official JCR record when used for formal assessment.

What is the five-year Journal Impact Factor of Social Issues and Policy Review?

The five-year Journal Impact Factor recorded for Social Issues and Policy Review is 9.7. It uses a longer citation window than the standard Journal Impact Factor.

Who publishes Social Issues and Policy Review?

Social Issues and Policy Review is listed in this directory as being published by WILEY.

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