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Jul 5, 2022
Celebrating our 2021 Journal Citation Metrics
Bristol University Press, and its imprint Policy Press, are delighted to announce our 2021 journal citation metrics with gains in Journal Impact Factors, and some great Journal Citation Indicator, Scopus CiteScore and SJR results.
We want to thank all of our authors, reviewers, editors, partners and readers for their contributions to this success. To celebrate these achievements we have created a free collection of highly cited articles featuring papers that have contributed to our 2021 citation metrics as well as some newer articles we think will have a high impact in the coming years.
Enjoy the collection for free until 31 August 2022.
Highlights from our Journals List
Policy & Politics
- In the top quartile of Political Science journals in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
- 2-year Impact Factor: 3.297.
- 5-year Impact Factor 4.205.
- Scopus CiteScore: 6.0, ranked in the 94th percentile of Sociology and Political Science journals and the 90th percentile of Public Administration journals in Scopus.
- SJR: 1.278, top quartile of Public Administration journals in the SCImago journal rankings.
Read highly cited articles from Policy & Politics.
Evidence & Policy
- 2-year Impact Factor: 2.595
- 5-year Impact Factor: 2.424
- In the second quartile of journals in the ‘Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary’ category of the Social Sciences Citation Index.
- Scopus CiteScore: 3.4, ranked in the 82nd percentile of Social Sciences (miscellaneous) journals in Scopus.
- SJR: 0.615, top quartile of Social Sciences (miscellaneous) journals in the SCImago journal rankings.
Read highly cited articles from Evidence & Policy.
Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
- 2-year Impact Factor: 1.122.
- 5-year Impact Factor: 1.65.
- Scopus CiteScore: 2.1.
Read highly cited articles from Longitudinal and Life Course Studies.
Families, Relationships and Societies
- 2-year Impact Factor: 0.981.
- 5-year Impact Factor: 1.238
- Scopus CiteScore: 1.5, ranked in the 61st percentile of Sociology and Political Science journals in Scopus.
Read highly cited articles from Families, Relationships and Societies.
Journal of Poverty and Social Justice
- 2-year Impact Factor: 0.884
- 5-year Impact Factor: 1.415
- Scopus CiteScore: 1.6, ranked in the 62nd percentile of Sociology and Political Science journals in Scopus.
Read highly cited articles from the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice.
Highlights from our newer journals
- In its 5th year of publication the European Journal of Politics and Gender achieved a Scopus CiteScore of 3.9 and now ranks in the 91st percentile of Political Science and International Relations journals in Scopus.
- Global Discourse has also had a noteworthy Scopus CiteScore result of 2.6, ranking in the 82nd percentile of Political Science and International Relations journals in Scopus.
- In its 6th year of publication the International Journal of Care and Caring achieved a Journal Citation Indicator of 0.54 and is ranked in the second quartile of journals in the ‘Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary’ category of the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
The following journals have recently been accepted into the Emerging Sources Citation Index: Emotions and Society, the European Journal of Politics and Gender, Global Discourse, the Journal of Psychosocial Studies, and the Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice