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Policy and Society

Oxford University Press

United KingdomPolitical Science and International Relations (Q1); Public Administration (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1)ISSN-matched source record
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Q1Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
70H-index (SCImago 2025)
1.442SJR (2025)
2002-2003, 2008-2026Coverage

About Policy and Society

Policy and Society is a scholarly journal published by Oxford University Press. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 1.442 and H-index of 70.

Coverage: 2002-2003, 2008-2026. Research categories: Political Science and International Relations (Q1); Public Administration (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2024-04-03. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY, CC BY-NC
Peer-review processDouble anonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 1570 USD
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Digital preservationCLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico
Reported submission-to-publication time30 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2017 (not the journal founding year)

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)1449-4035, 1839-3373
ISSN-L1449-4035
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationElsevier BV
Publisher country codeGB
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex918
Citations recorded in OpenAlex31,133
OpenAlex H-index86
Years represented in OpenAlex1990–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Public Policy and Administration Research; Policy Transfer and Learning; Social Policy and Reform Studies; Political Influence and Corporate Strategies; Evaluation and Performance Assessment; International Development and Aid.

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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Hongzhou Zhang