Journal of Policy Studies Impact factor 2025

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The latest impact factor of Journal of Policy Studies and all the other Web of Science journals was released on 20th June 2025 by Clarivate. Through this web page, researchers can check the impact factor, total citation, journal quartile, and journal aim & scope.

Journal of Policy Studies: Aim & Scope

Journal of Policy Studies is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Public Administration (Q4).
The ISSN of this journal is 27999130, 28000714.

Impact factor of Journal of Policy Studies

Journal Title	Journal of Policy Studies
Impact Factor
SJR	0.116
ISSN	27999130, 28000714
Quartile	Q4

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items, also known as citable items, (these comprise articles and reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years.

Impact factor data has a strong influence on the scientific community, affecting decisions on where to publish, whom to promote or hire, the success of grant applications, and even salary bonuses.

Only journals listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) receive an Impact Factor.

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