Social Policy and Administration Impact factor 2025

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The latest impact factor of Social Policy and Administration 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 Policy and Administration: Aim & Scope

Social Policy and Administration is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Development (Q1); Public Administration (Q1); Social Work (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1).
The ISSN of this journal is 01445596, 14679515.

Impact factor of Social Policy and Administration

Journal Title	Social Policy and Administration
Impact Factor
SJR	0.937
ISSN	01445596, 14679515
Quartile	Q1

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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