verified SJR 1,558 · Q1 • database Scopus / SJR & Web of Science indexed

United Kingdom · Oxford University Press

workspace_premium Q1 — Public Administration visibility_off Double blind peer review lock_open Open Access

Policy and Society

Policy and Society is a journal indexed in SJR in Public Administration and Sociology and Political Science with an H index of 63. It is an CC BY-NC Journal with a Double blind peer review review system The scope of the journal is focused on policy analysis, policy theory, international policy-making, public administration, public policy. It has an SJR impact factor of 1,558 and it has a best quartile of Q1. It is published in English. It has an SJR impact factor of 1,558.

ISSN: 1449-4035

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Category: Public Administration

Indexation: verifiedScopus / SJR verifiedWeb of Science

open_in_new Portal NPD menu_book Author guidelines

schedule CountryOfPapers database fields

SJR Impact Factor trending_up

1,558 Q1

H-index 63

Acceptance rate pie_chart

32%

Source Acceptance_Rate

Time to publication hourglass_top

30 weeks

Field Average_time_publication_weeks

Publication cost (APC) payments

NPD Open Access

Non-OA path NPD

Metrics

Scimago and CountryOfPapers database fields

Scopus / SJR Web of Science

SJR Impact

1,558

H-index

Docs (year)

Docs 3y

104

Total refs

2688

Cites 3y

887

Citable 3y

102

Cites/Doc 2y

7.86

Ref/Doc

81.45

Immediate OA

—

Embargoed OA

NPD

Non OA / Submission

- €

shield Researcher voice

Name good journals. Call out predatory ones.

Share what peer review, fees, and timelines were really like. Praise fair editors. Flag APC traps, fake metrics, or spam solicitations — with facts from your submission.

Fair & fast peer review Clear APC / no surprise fees Suspected predatory Fake impact claims

rate_review Write an honest review

Researcher reviews

sentiment_dissatisfied No reviews yet — be the first to share an honest experience.

Publication speed *

Review quality *

Edition and editorial team *

Institutional email or ORCID * * Only to validate authenticity — identity is not shown publicly.

Best articles by citations

Crafting accountability policy: Designing offices of inspector general

Work-based higher education programmes in Germany and the US: Comparing multi-actor corporatist governance in higher education

Explaining the Myth of Public Sector Reform in South Asia: De-Linking Cause and Effect

Examining Influences of EU Policy on Instrument Choice: The Selection of a Green Certificate Trading Scheme in Sweden

Europeanisation and Environmental Policy Change

European civil society: Between participation, representation and discourse

European civil society and citizenship: Complementary or exclusionary concepts?

Epistemic Community, Intellectuals, and Chinese Foreign Policy

Elites, Social Change and Policy-Making in China: An Introduction

Editors' Introduction

e-Governance: An Indian Perspective

Discourse in Comparative Policy Analysis: Privatisation Policies in Britain, Russia and the United States

SHOW MORE ARTICLES

Deregulation, privatisation and public service delivery: Universal service in telecommunications in Europe

A (Slow) Burning Issue: Convergence in National Regulation of Dioxins from Incineration

Confronting the Reality of a Nuclear North Korea: The Challenge of Shrinking Policy Options

Comparing Court and Kennett Leadership Styles: Energy Sector Reform in Western Australia and Victoria

Civil society and the reconstitution of democracy in Europe: Introducing a new research field

China's art of institutional bricolage: Selectiveness and gradualism in the policy transfer style of a nation

Business Cluster Promotion in New Zealand and the Limits of Exemplar Clusters

BITing Back: Bilateral Investment Treaties and the Struggle to Define an Investment Regime for the Americas

Beyond "Political Will": How Institutional Context Shapes the Implementation of Anti-Corruption Policies

Axing ATSIC: Australian Liberalism and the "Government of Unfreedom"

Assessing Japan's Role as a Global Environmental Leader

Academic resistance to quality assurance processes in higher education in the UK

FAQs

Policy and Society has an SJR of 1,558 (best quartile Q1) in the CountryOfPapers database.

Immediate OA APC is not available (NPD).

The acceptance rate recorded for Policy and Society is 32%.

Policy and Society

Metrics

Name good journals. Call out predatory ones.

Researcher reviews

Best articles by citations

FAQs

What is the SJR of Policy and Society?

What is the APC / publication cost?

What is the acceptance rate?