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Cogent Social Sciences

United KingdomSocial Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q2)ISSN-matched source record
Q2Ranking
2.0Impact Factor (2025)
43H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.486SJR (2025)
2015-2026Coverage

About Cogent Social Sciences

Cogent Social Sciences is a scholarly journal published by Cogent OA. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.486 and H-index of 43.

Coverage: 2015-2026. Research categories: Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q2).

Verified field sources

  • Journal Impact Factor: 2.0 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Publisher-reported Journal Impact Factor and year from Taylor & Francis About this journal information.
  • Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Publisher-reported Journal Impact Factor and year from Taylor & Francis About this journal information.

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2025-01-13. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY
Peer-review processAnonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 2195 USD; 1756 GBP; 2110 EUR; 3060 AUD
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightYes
Digital preservationCLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico
Reported submission-to-publication time12 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2015 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)2331-1886
ISSN-L2331-1886
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationCogent OA
Publisher country codeGB
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex3,039
Citations recorded in OpenAlex29,792
OpenAlex H-index56
Years represented in OpenAlex2015–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research; Agricultural Innovations and Practices; Digital Marketing and Social Media; Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare; Microfinance and Financial Inclusion; Political Conflict and Governance.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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