Journal metric profile

SOCIAL POLITICS

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.800 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.300 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 20/70 Recorded category rank

SOCIAL POLITICS JCR impact factor overview

This profile summarizes the journal metrics and publication information available in the current directory record.

Page reviewed August 6, 2026

SOCIAL POLITICS metric snapshot

SOCIAL POLITICS has a bibliometric profile in this directory for 2025. The publisher recorded for the journal is OXFORD UNIV PRESS. Its listed Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor is 1.800. The five-year Journal Impact Factor is 2.300, giving a second citation window for comparison. The journal is recorded in quartile Q2 for its listed JCR category.

Category position and quartile

The recorded JCR category position is 20 out of 70 journals. Based on that rank position, the journal sits within approximately the top 29% of the listed category. Its listed quartile is Q2. Category ranks and quartiles are field-specific and are not measures of the quality of an individual article.

How the citation indicators compare

The five-year Journal Impact Factor (2.300) is 0.500 points higher than the standard Journal Impact Factor (1.800). Without journal self-citations, the Impact Factor is 1.700, a difference of 0.100 points from the listed standard value. The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is recorded as 0.880. These measures use different definitions or citation windows, so they are most useful when read together rather than treated as interchangeable scores.

Citation and publication counts

For 2025, the directory record for SOCIAL POLITICS lists total cites: 1,570; total articles: 26; citable items: 26. These fields describe different parts of the JCR record and should not be combined into an article-level quality score.

Citation half-life profile

The cited half-life is 9.6 years, indicating the median age of items that contributed citations to the journal in the reporting framework. The citing half-life is 8.6 years, indicating the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Identifiers and verification

SOCIAL POLITICS is identified in this directory by print ISSN 1072-4745 and electronic ISSN 1468-2893. The publisher is recorded as OXFORD UNIV PRESS. When making submission, library, or research-evaluation decisions, verify the title and identifiers against the journal publisher and the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports record.

Complete journal information

Use this table to verify the individual metric values, identifiers and publication details stored for this journal.

Journal nameSOCIAL POLITICS
Abbreviated journalSOC POLIT
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank9,201
ISSN1072-4745
eISSN1468-2893
Total cites1,570
Total articles26
Citable items26
Cited half-life9.6 years
Citing half-life8.6 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.800
5-Year Impact Factor2.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.700
Journal Citation Indicator0.880
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank20/70
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of SOCIAL POLITICS?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for SOCIAL POLITICS is 1.800 for the 2025 metric year.

What are the JCR quartile and category rank of SOCIAL POLITICS?

SOCIAL POLITICS is listed with quartile Q2 and category rank 20/70. These values are category-specific and should be verified against the official JCR record when used for formal assessment.

What is the five-year Journal Impact Factor of SOCIAL POLITICS?

The five-year Journal Impact Factor recorded for SOCIAL POLITICS is 2.300. It uses a longer citation window than the standard Journal Impact Factor.

Who publishes SOCIAL POLITICS?

SOCIAL POLITICS is listed in this directory as being published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS.

Additional records from the same publisher or with a similar listed JCR Impact Factor.