SOCIAL RESEARCH Impact factor 2025

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The latest impact factor of SOCIAL RESEARCH 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.

SOCIAL RESEARCH: Aim & Scope

SOCIAL RESEARCH is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary.
The ISSN of this journal is 0037-783X.

Impact factor of SOCIAL RESEARCH

Journal Title	SOCIAL RESEARCH
Impact Factor	0.6
SJR	0.199
ISSN	0037-783X
Quartile	Q1

Impact Factor from year 2018-2024

Year	Impact Factor
2018	0.515
2019	0.442
2020	0.202
2021	0.643
2022
2025	0.6

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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