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Policy and Politics

United KingdomPublic Administration (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Q2)ISSN-matched source record
Q1Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
75H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.823SJR (2025)
1979-2025Coverage

About Policy and Politics

Policy and Politics is a scholarly journal published by Policy Press. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.823 and H-index of 75.

Coverage: 1979-2025. Research categories: Public Administration (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Q2).

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)0305-5736, 1470-8442
ISSN-L0305-5736
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationPolicy Press
Publisher country codeGB
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Not marked as fully open access; hybrid options may exist
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Not listed in OpenAlex metadata; this is not a direct DOAJ check
Works recorded in OpenAlex1,839
Citations recorded in OpenAlex43,096
OpenAlex H-index90
Years represented in OpenAlex1972–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Social Policy and Reform Studies; Public Policy and Administration Research; Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism; Political and Economic history of UK and US; Healthcare innovation and challenges; Policy Transfer and Learning.

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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