Social Networks

ISSN: 0378-8733• JCR: SOC NETWORKSElsevier BVNetherlands
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2.4
2025 Impact Factor
2.9
5-Year Impact Factor
Q1
JCR Quartile
B2
CAS Block

Social Networks impact factor and JCR quartile

The 2025 impact factor for Social Networks is 2.4. The 5-year impact factor is 2.9. The journal is listed as JCR Q1 in the current Journal Metrics dataset.

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Ranking position in Physics & Astronomy

Ranked #551 in Physics & Astronomy by impact factor and #333 among Q1 Physics & Astronomy journals. This context helps compare Social Networks against journals publishing in the same field.

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of 1,290 field journals

Social Networks publication trend

Published 287 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 2.4.

2026 vs 2025: -47
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Journal Details

Total Articles
1,852
H-Index
173
Open Access
Hybrid
APC
$3,690 USD
Subject Areas
Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSociology and Political ScienceCommunicationEconomics and Econometrics

Article Volume

2021
87
2022
95
2023
64
2024
47
2025
64
2026
17
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