Policy and Society
ISSN: 1449-4035Open access
Metrics score8.7
QuartileQ1
Elsevier BV
Journal shortlist
Records are sorted by Journal Metrics Score. Topic inclusion comes from exact OpenAlex topic tags in the Journal Metrics dataset, not from a general keyword match.
Journal
Metrics score
Quartile
Publisher
Annual Review of Sociology
ISSN: 0360-0572
Metrics score7.6
QuartileQ1
Annual Reviews
Annual Review of Political Science
ISSN: 1094-2939
Metrics score6.7
QuartileQ1
Annual Reviews
JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY
ISSN: 1350-1763
Metrics score6.4
QuartileQ1
Routledge
Journal of Chinese Governance
ISSN: 2381-2346
Metrics score5.3
QuartileQ1
Taylor & Francis
POLICY AND POLITICS
ISSN: 0305-5736
Metrics score5.1
QuartileQ1
Policy Press
Contemporary Social Science
ISSN: 2158-2041
Metrics score4.9
QuartileQ1
Taylor & Francis
Journal of European Integration
ISSN: 0703-6337
Metrics score4.9
QuartileQ1
Taylor & Francis
WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS
ISSN: 0140-2382
Metrics score4.9
QuartileQ1
Taylor & Francis
POLICY SCIENCES
ISSN: 0032-2687
Metrics score4.5
QuartileQ1
Springer Science+Business Media
REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
ISSN: 0969-2290
Metrics score4.5
QuartileQ1
Routledge
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES
ISSN: 0010-4140
Metrics score4.1
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies
ISSN: 0021-9886
Metrics score4.1
QuartileQ1
Wiley
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
ISSN: 0142-5455
Metrics score3.6
QuartileQ1
Emerald Publishing Limited
European Political Science Review
ISSN: 1755-7739Open access
Metrics score3.6
QuartileQ1
Cambridge University Press
Policy Studies
ISSN: 0144-2872
Metrics score3.6
QuartileQ1
Taylor & Francis
British Journal of Politics & International Relations
ISSN: 1369-1481
Metrics score3.5
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL RESEARCH
ISSN: 0304-4130Open access
Metrics score3.5
QuartileQ1
Wiley
NEW POLITICAL ECONOMY
ISSN: 1356-3467
Metrics score3.5
QuartileQ1
Taylor & Francis
POLITICS & SOCIETY
ISSN: 0032-3292
Metrics score3.5
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
Competition & Change
ISSN: 1024-5294
Metrics score3.4
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISSN: 0007-1234Open access
Metrics score3.3
QuartileQ1
Cambridge University Press
Public Policy and Administration
ISSN: 0952-0767
Metrics score3.0
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
EUROPEAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW
ISSN: 0266-7215
Metrics score2.9
QuartileQ1
Oxford University Press
EUROPEAN UNION POLITICS
ISSN: 1465-1165
Metrics score2.9
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
Politics
ISSN: 0263-3957
Metrics score2.9
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
Critical Policy Studies
ISSN: 1946-0171
Metrics score2.8
QuartileQ1
Taylor & Francis
Socio-Economic Review
ISSN: 1475-1461
Metrics score2.8
QuartileQ1
Oxford University Press
International Journal of Sociology
ISSN: 0020-7659
Metrics score2.7
QuartileQ1
Taylor & Francis
South European Society and Politics
ISSN: 1360-8746
Metrics score2.7
QuartileQ1
Taylor & Francis
British Politics
ISSN: 1746-918X
Metrics score2.6
QuartileQ1
Palgrave Macmillan
Journal of Public Policy
ISSN: 0143-814XOpen access
Metrics score2.6
QuartileQ1
Cambridge University Press
Journal of Asian Public Policy
ISSN: 1751-6234
Metrics score2.5
QuartileQ1
Taylor & Francis
JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY
ISSN: 0958-9287
Metrics score2.5
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
European Journal of Politics and Gender
ISSN: 2515-1088
Metrics score2.4
QuartileQ1
Publisher not listed
European Policy Analysis
ISSN: 2380-6567
Metrics score2.4
QuartileQ1
Wiley
EUROPEAN SOCIETIES
ISSN: 1461-6696Open access
Metrics score2.4
QuartileQ1
Routledge
POLITICAL STUDIES
ISSN: 0032-3217
Metrics score2.4
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
Comparative European Politics
ISSN: 1472-4790
Metrics score2.3
QuartileQ1
Palgrave Macmillan
Metrics score2.3
QuartileQ1
Wiley
ELECTORAL STUDIES
ISSN: 0261-3794
Metrics score2.2
QuartileQ1
Elsevier BV
GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION
ISSN: 0017-257XOpen access
Metrics score2.2
QuartileQ1
Cambridge University Press
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL
ISSN: 0019-8692
Metrics score2.2
QuartileQ1
Wiley
Journal for Labour Market Research
ISSN: 2510-5019Open access
Metrics score2.2
QuartileQ1
Springer Nature
WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY
ISSN: 0950-0170
Metrics score2.2
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE
ISSN: 1369-6866
Metrics score2.1
QuartileQ1
Wiley
Journal of Civil Society
ISSN: 1744-8689
Metrics score2.1
QuartileQ1
Taylor & Francis
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis
ISSN: 1387-6988
Metrics score2.1
QuartileQ1
Routledge
SOCIAL POLICY & ADMINISTRATION
ISSN: 0144-5596
Metrics score2.1
QuartileQ1
Wiley
Acta Politica
ISSN: 0001-6810
Metrics score2.0
QuartileQ1
Palgrave Macmillan
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW
ISSN: 0192-5121
Metrics score2.0
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ISSN: 0039-3606
Metrics score2.0
QuartileQ1
Springer Science+Business Media
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL POLICY
ISSN: 0047-2794
Metrics score1.9
QuartileQ1
Cambridge University Press
Swiss Political Science Review
ISSN: 1424-7755
Metrics score1.9
QuartileQ1
Wiley
Journal of Contemporary European Studies
ISSN: 1478-2804
Metrics score1.8
QuartileQ1
Taylor & Francis
Nordisk valfardsforskning - Nordic Welfare Research
ISSN: 2464-4161Open access
Metrics score1.8
QuartileQ1
Universitetsforlaget
Politics & Policy
ISSN: 1555-5623
Metrics score1.8
QuartileQ1
Wiley
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES
ISSN: 0157-6321
Metrics score1.7
QuartileQ1
Wiley
BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
ISSN: 0007-1080
Metrics score1.7
QuartileQ1
Wiley
ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY
ISSN: 0143-831X
Metrics score1.7
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
ISSN: 0020-8523
Metrics score1.7
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
Social Inclusion
ISSN: 2183-2803Open access
Metrics score1.7
QuartileQ1
Cogitatio
Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
ISSN: 1865-2646
Metrics score1.7
QuartileQ1
Springer VS
BERLINER JOURNAL FUR SOZIOLOGIE
ISSN: 0863-1808
Metrics score1.6
QuartileQ1
Springer Science+Business Media
COMPARATIVE POLITICS
ISSN: 0010-4159
Metrics score1.6
QuartileQ1
City University of New York
Contemporary Italian Politics
ISSN: 2324-8823
Metrics score1.6
QuartileQ1
Routledge
Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
ISSN: 2061-5558Open access
Metrics score1.6
QuartileQ1
Corvinus University of Budapest
CRITICAL SOCIAL POLICY
ISSN: 0261-0183
Metrics score1.6
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
Global Social Policy
ISSN: 1468-0181
Metrics score1.6
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY
ISSN: 0020-7152
Metrics score1.6
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
ISSN: 0144-333X
Metrics score1.6
QuartileQ1
Emerald Publishing Limited
Journal of Industrial Relations
ISSN: 0022-1856
Metrics score1.6
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
KOLNER ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIOLOGIE UND SOZIALPSYCHOLOGIE
ISSN: 0023-2653
Metrics score1.6
QuartileQ1
Springer Science+Business Media
Transfer-European Review of Labour and Research
ISSN: 1024-2589
Metrics score1.6
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
FEMINIST ECONOMICS
ISSN: 1354-5701
Metrics score1.5
QuartileQ1
Taylor & Francis
INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGY
ISSN: 0268-5809
Metrics score1.4
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
ACTA SOCIOLOGICA
ISSN: 0001-6993
Metrics score1.3
QuartileQ1
SAGE Publishing
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY
ISSN: 0007-1315
Metrics score1.3
QuartileQ1
Wiley
Community Work & Family
ISSN: 1366-8803
Metrics score1.3
QuartileQ1
Taylor & Francis
SOCIAL POLITICS
ISSN: 1072-4745
Metrics score1.3
QuartileQ1
Oxford University Press
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
ISSN: 0959-6801
Metrics score1.3
QuartileQ2
SAGE Publishing
Labour and Industry
ISSN: 1030-1763
Metrics score1.3
QuartileQ2
Taylor & Francis
SCANDINAVIAN POLITICAL STUDIES
ISSN: 0080-6757
Metrics score1.3
QuartileQ2
Wiley
European Journal of Social Work
ISSN: 1369-1457
Metrics score1.2
QuartileQ2
Taylor & Francis
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK
ISSN: 0020-8728
Metrics score1.2
QuartileQ2
SAGE Publishing
Political Studies Review
ISSN: 1478-9299
Metrics score1.2
QuartileQ2
SAGE Publishing
Regional and Federal Studies
ISSN: 1359-7566
Metrics score1.2
QuartileQ2
Taylor & Francis
SOCIAL WORK
ISSN: 0037-8046
Metrics score1.2
QuartileQ2
Oxford University Press
Japanese Political Economy
ISSN: 2329-194X
Metrics score1.1
QuartileQ2
Taylor & Francis
POLITICAL QUARTERLY
ISSN: 0032-3179
Metrics score1.1
QuartileQ2
Wiley
Social Policy and Society
ISSN: 1474-7464
Metrics score1.1
QuartileQ2
Cambridge University Press
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIOLOGIE
ISSN: 0340-1804
Metrics score1.1
QuartileQ2
De Gruyter
Critical and Radical Social Work
ISSN: 2049-8608
Metrics score1.0
QuartileQ2
Publisher not listed
Metrics score1.0
QuartileQ2
Taylor & Francis
Studies in Social Justice
ISSN: 1911-4788Open access
Metrics score1.0
QuartileQ2
Brock University
TIDSSKRIFT FOR SAMFUNNSFORSKNING
ISSN: 0040-716XOpen access
Metrics score1.0
QuartileQ2
Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget
Social Science Japan Journal
ISSN: 1369-1465
Metrics score0.9
QuartileQ1
Oxford University Press
Basic Income Studies
ISSN: 2194-6094
Metrics score0.9
QuartileQ2
De Gruyter
Civil Szemle
ISSN: 1786-3341
Metrics score0.9
QuartileQ2
Publisher not listed
French Politics
ISSN: 1476-3419
Metrics score0.9
QuartileQ2
Palgrave Macmillan
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