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Socius

United StatesSocial Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1)ISSN-matched source record
Q1Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
50H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.838SJR (2025)
2015-2026Coverage

About Socius

Socius is a scholarly journal published by SAGE Publications Inc.. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.838 and H-index of 50.

Coverage: 2015-2026. Research categories: Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q1).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2024-04-04. 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: 1000 USD
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedYes
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Digital preservationCLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico
Reported submission-to-publication time8 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2016 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

Source: DOAJ journal record. Journal metadata is distributed by DOAJ under CC0. Confirm current fees, tax, eligibility and waiver terms with the publisher.

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)2378-0231
ISSN-L2378-0231
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationSAGE Publishing
Publisher country codeUS
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex1,076
Citations recorded in OpenAlex18,636
OpenAlex H-index66
Years represented in OpenAlex2015–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies; Work-Family Balance Challenges; Employment and Welfare Studies; Social and Intergroup Psychology; Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics; Electoral Systems and Political Participation.

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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