Social Philosophy and Policy

Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 02650525, 14716437

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SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
0.3
SJR
0.183
CiteScore
0.6
Categories
Philosophy
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1970, 1983-2022, 2025
journal names
Social Philosophy and Policy
SOC PHILOS POLICY
Publications
1 048
Citations
15 119
h-index
55
Publications
108
Citations
4 728
Top-3 citing journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (418 citations)
Philosophical Studies
Philosophical Studies (160 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Arizona
University of Arizona (55 publications)
George Mason University
George Mason University (31 publications)
University of Chicago
University of Chicago (29 publications)
University of Arizona
University of Arizona (11 publications)
West Virginia University
West Virginia University (5 publications)
Georgetown University
Georgetown University (2 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (666 publications)
Italy (79 publications)
United Kingdom (39 publications)
USA (37 publications)
United Kingdom (4 publications)
Italy (3 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
418 citations, 2.76%
Social Philosophy and Policy
200 citations, 1.32%
Philosophical Studies
160 citations, 1.06%
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
144 citations, 0.95%
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
137 citations, 0.91%
Journal of Business Ethics
115 citations, 0.76%
Res Publica
97 citations, 0.64%
Politics, Philosophy and Economics
91 citations, 0.6%
Philosophy Compass
82 citations, 0.54%
Ethics
77 citations, 0.51%
Synthese
75 citations, 0.5%
Economics and Philosophy
74 citations, 0.49%
Philosophia (United States)
64 citations, 0.42%
Journal of Social Philosophy
59 citations, 0.39%
Journal of Ethics
58 citations, 0.38%
Political Studies
57 citations, 0.38%
Inquiry (United Kingdom)
55 citations, 0.36%
Canadian Journal of Philosophy
54 citations, 0.36%
European Journal of Political Theory
53 citations, 0.35%
Utilitas
52 citations, 0.34%
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
43 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
40 citations, 0.26%
Philosophy and Public Affairs
39 citations, 0.26%
Southern Journal of Philosophy
39 citations, 0.26%
Business Ethics Quarterly
39 citations, 0.26%
Australasian Journal of Philosophy
37 citations, 0.24%
Philosophical Quarterly
36 citations, 0.24%
European Journal of Philosophy
36 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Political Philosophy
34 citations, 0.22%
Erkenntnis
34 citations, 0.22%
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
33 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Medical Ethics
33 citations, 0.22%
American Political Science Review
32 citations, 0.21%
Ratio Juris
32 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Politics
30 citations, 0.2%
Review of Social Economy
30 citations, 0.2%
Review of Austrian Economics
30 citations, 0.2%
American Journal of Bioethics
30 citations, 0.2%
Moral Philosophy and Politics
29 citations, 0.19%
Critical Review
29 citations, 0.19%
Nous
29 citations, 0.19%
Hypatia
28 citations, 0.19%
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
28 citations, 0.19%
Journal of the American Philosophical Association
26 citations, 0.17%
Public Choice
26 citations, 0.17%
Philosophy and Medicine
26 citations, 0.17%
American Journal of Political Science
25 citations, 0.17%
Philosophy and Social Criticism
25 citations, 0.17%
Dialogue-Canadian Philosophical Review
24 citations, 0.16%
Sustainability
23 citations, 0.15%
Topoi
23 citations, 0.15%
Theory and Research in Education
22 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Global Ethics
22 citations, 0.15%
Theoria
22 citations, 0.15%
Ratio
21 citations, 0.14%
Biology and Philosophy
21 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Applied Philosophy
21 citations, 0.14%
Constellations
21 citations, 0.14%
Ethics, Policy and Environment
20 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Value Inquiry
20 citations, 0.13%
Constitutional Political Economy
19 citations, 0.13%
Criminal Justice Ethics
19 citations, 0.13%
Analysis
19 citations, 0.13%
Philosophical Explorations
19 citations, 0.13%
Analytic Philosophy
19 citations, 0.13%
Nous-Supplement: Philosophical Issues
18 citations, 0.12%
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
18 citations, 0.12%
Mind
18 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
18 citations, 0.12%
Nous-Supplement: Philosophical Perspectives
17 citations, 0.11%
Contemporary Political Theory
17 citations, 0.11%
Criminal Law and Philosophy
17 citations, 0.11%
Philosophical Psychology
17 citations, 0.11%
Ethics and Information Technology
17 citations, 0.11%
Review of Politics
17 citations, 0.11%
Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines
17 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
16 citations, 0.11%
Science and Engineering Ethics
16 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Philosophy of Education
16 citations, 0.11%
Acta Analytica
16 citations, 0.11%
Frontiers in Psychology
15 citations, 0.1%
International Theory
15 citations, 0.1%
Episteme
15 citations, 0.1%
Review of Philosophy and Psychology
15 citations, 0.1%
International Journal of Social Economics
14 citations, 0.09%
The Philosophical Review
14 citations, 0.09%
Ethics and Global Politics
14 citations, 0.09%
Nietzsche and the Politics of Reaction
14 citations, 0.09%
International Review of Economics
13 citations, 0.09%
Religions
13 citations, 0.09%
Business and Society
13 citations, 0.09%
Journal of International Political Theory
13 citations, 0.09%
Proceedings of the Aristotelean Society
13 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Institutional Economics
13 citations, 0.09%
HEC Forum
13 citations, 0.09%
Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence
13 citations, 0.09%
Metaphilosophy
13 citations, 0.09%
Health Care Analysis
13 citations, 0.09%
Acceptable Risk in Biomedical Research
13 citations, 0.09%
Public Health Ethics
12 citations, 0.08%
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Citing publishers

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Cambridge University Press
3295 citations, 21.79%
Springer Nature
2027 citations, 13.41%
Wiley
1243 citations, 8.22%
Oxford University Press
1193 citations, 7.89%
Taylor & Francis
1075 citations, 7.11%
SAGE
703 citations, 4.65%
Elsevier
430 citations, 2.84%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
385 citations, 2.55%
University of Chicago Press
156 citations, 1.03%
Emerald
135 citations, 0.89%
Walter de Gruyter
108 citations, 0.71%
MDPI
79 citations, 0.52%
Frontiers Media S.A.
50 citations, 0.33%
BMJ
45 citations, 0.3%
CAIRN
41 citations, 0.27%
IGI Global
27 citations, 0.18%
American Psychological Association (APA)
25 citations, 0.17%
Brill
23 citations, 0.15%
Duke University Press
21 citations, 0.14%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
21 citations, 0.14%
Annual Reviews
20 citations, 0.13%
Consortium Erudit
20 citations, 0.13%
SciELO
16 citations, 0.11%
Edinburgh University Press
13 citations, 0.09%
University of Illinois Press
13 citations, 0.09%
OpenEdition
13 citations, 0.09%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
12 citations, 0.08%
University of California Press
12 citations, 0.08%
Academy of Management
12 citations, 0.08%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
12 citations, 0.08%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
11 citations, 0.07%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
9 citations, 0.06%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
8 citations, 0.05%
American Public Health Association
8 citations, 0.05%
Sirey
8 citations, 0.05%
AOSIS
8 citations, 0.05%
Berghahn Books
8 citations, 0.05%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
8 citations, 0.05%
University of Pittsburgh
7 citations, 0.05%
Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Foundation
7 citations, 0.05%
EDP Sciences
6 citations, 0.04%
Philosophy Documentation Center, Saint Louis University
6 citations, 0.04%
World Scientific
5 citations, 0.03%
Indiana University Press
5 citations, 0.03%
Masaryk University Press
5 citations, 0.03%
American Economic Association
5 citations, 0.03%
University Pub. Group
5 citations, 0.03%
Scientific Research Publishing
5 citations, 0.03%
Japanese Political Science Association
5 citations, 0.03%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
4 citations, 0.03%
Institute of Political Studies, Charles University
4 citations, 0.03%
University of Montreal
4 citations, 0.03%
Project MUSE
4 citations, 0.03%
American Educational Research Association
4 citations, 0.03%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
4 citations, 0.03%
Bristol University Press
4 citations, 0.03%
Novosibirsk State University (NSU)
4 citations, 0.03%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
3 citations, 0.02%
Mary Ann Liebert
3 citations, 0.02%
The Royal Society
3 citations, 0.02%
MIT Press
3 citations, 0.02%
White Horse Press
3 citations, 0.02%
Revus Klub
3 citations, 0.02%
S. Karger AG
3 citations, 0.02%
Akademiai Kiado
3 citations, 0.02%
JSTOR
3 citations, 0.02%
JMIR Publications
3 citations, 0.02%
F1000 Research
3 citations, 0.02%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2 citations, 0.01%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
2 citations, 0.01%
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2 citations, 0.01%
Cornell University Press
2 citations, 0.01%
IOP Publishing
2 citations, 0.01%
Vysoka Skola Ekonomicka
2 citations, 0.01%
The Philosophy Centre of the University of Lisbon
2 citations, 0.01%
Massachusetts Medical Society
2 citations, 0.01%
Unisa Press
2 citations, 0.01%
Transaction Publishers
2 citations, 0.01%
2 citations, 0.01%
PERSEE Program
2 citations, 0.01%
Ubiquity Press
2 citations, 0.01%
National Documentation Centre (EKT)
2 citations, 0.01%
Aurora Group, s.r.o
2 citations, 0.01%
Research Square Platform LLC
2 citations, 0.01%
American Marketing Association
1 citation, 0.01%
IOS Press
1 citation, 0.01%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
1 citation, 0.01%
1 citation, 0.01%
American Accounting Association
1 citation, 0.01%
Society for Judgment and Decision Making
1 citation, 0.01%
American Real Estate Society
1 citation, 0.01%
1 citation, 0.01%
National Tax Association
1 citation, 0.01%
Martin Media
1 citation, 0.01%
Universidad EAFIT
1 citation, 0.01%
University of Warsaw
1 citation, 0.01%
Lavoisier
1 citation, 0.01%
Numdam (Numerisation de Documents Anciens Mathematiques)
1 citation, 0.01%
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
1 citation, 0.01%
PeerJ
1 citation, 0.01%
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University of Arizona
55 publications, 5.25%
George Mason University
31 publications, 2.96%
University of Chicago
29 publications, 2.77%
University of Virginia
24 publications, 2.29%
Georgetown University
20 publications, 1.91%
Harvard University
19 publications, 1.81%
University of Pennsylvania
18 publications, 1.72%
Tulane University
16 publications, 1.53%
Bowling Green State University
16 publications, 1.53%
University of California, San Diego
15 publications, 1.43%
University of Michigan
15 publications, 1.43%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
15 publications, 1.43%
Cornell University
14 publications, 1.34%
Princeton University
14 publications, 1.34%
William Marsh Rice University
13 publications, 1.24%
Columbia University
13 publications, 1.24%
University of Maryland, College Park
13 publications, 1.24%
University of Oxford
12 publications, 1.15%
Stanford University
12 publications, 1.15%
University of Toronto
12 publications, 1.15%
New York University
11 publications, 1.05%
University of Texas at Austin
11 publications, 1.05%
University of Notre Dame
11 publications, 1.05%
Yale University
10 publications, 0.95%
West Virginia University
9 publications, 0.86%
University of Pittsburgh
9 publications, 0.86%
Northwestern University
7 publications, 0.67%
Brown University
7 publications, 0.67%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
7 publications, 0.67%
Chapman University
7 publications, 0.67%
University of Illinois at Chicago
6 publications, 0.57%
Duke University
6 publications, 0.57%
Ohio State University
6 publications, 0.57%
University of California, Davis
6 publications, 0.57%
Georgia State University
6 publications, 0.57%
Baylor College of Medicine
6 publications, 0.57%
King's College London
5 publications, 0.48%
Florida State University
5 publications, 0.48%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 publications, 0.48%
Arizona State University
5 publications, 0.48%
University of California, Berkeley
5 publications, 0.48%
Vanderbilt University
5 publications, 0.48%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
5 publications, 0.48%
University of Waterloo
5 publications, 0.48%
University of Colorado Boulder
5 publications, 0.48%
University of Alabama at Birmingham
5 publications, 0.48%
University at Albany, State University of New York
5 publications, 0.48%
Australian National University
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Southern California
4 publications, 0.38%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4 publications, 0.38%
University of St Andrews
4 publications, 0.38%
McGill University
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Minnesota Duluth
4 publications, 0.38%
Dartmouth College
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Calgary
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Florida
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Oklahoma
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Manchester
3 publications, 0.29%
Johns Hopkins University
3 publications, 0.29%
Boston University
3 publications, 0.29%
Syracuse University
3 publications, 0.29%
University of California, Los Angeles
3 publications, 0.29%
University of California, Irvine
3 publications, 0.29%
University of California, Riverside
3 publications, 0.29%
Ohio University
3 publications, 0.29%
Texas A&M University
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Utah
3 publications, 0.29%
William & Mary
3 publications, 0.29%
Clark University
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Tulsa
3 publications, 0.29%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Warwick
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Oslo
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Glasgow
2 publications, 0.19%
Auburn University
2 publications, 0.19%
Clemson University
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Washington
2 publications, 0.19%
Tufts University
2 publications, 0.19%
Northern Illinois University
2 publications, 0.19%
Illinois State University
2 publications, 0.19%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2 publications, 0.19%
Loyola Marymount University
2 publications, 0.19%
Queen's University at Kingston
2 publications, 0.19%
Goethe University Frankfurt
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
2 publications, 0.19%
Emory University
2 publications, 0.19%
Kansas State University
2 publications, 0.19%
Fordham University
2 publications, 0.19%
University of East Anglia
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Reading
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Miami
2 publications, 0.19%
Bellarmine University
2 publications, 0.19%
Wake Forest University
2 publications, 0.19%
Texas Tech University
2 publications, 0.19%
City College of New York
2 publications, 0.19%
Texas Christian University
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Missouri
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Georgia
2 publications, 0.19%
Baruch College
2 publications, 0.19%
Ege University
1 publication, 0.1%
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University of Arizona
11 publications, 10.19%
West Virginia University
5 publications, 4.63%
Georgetown University
2 publications, 1.85%
George Mason University
2 publications, 1.85%
University of Toronto
2 publications, 1.85%
University of Virginia
2 publications, 1.85%
Stockholm University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.93%
King's College London
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.93%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.93%
Iowa State University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 0.93%
Stanford University
1 publication, 0.93%
Boston University
1 publication, 0.93%
Arizona State University
1 publication, 0.93%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.93%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of California, Irvine
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.93%
Vanderbilt University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.93%
University of St Andrews
1 publication, 0.93%
McGill University
1 publication, 0.93%
Queen's University at Kingston
1 publication, 0.93%
Brown University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Sheffield
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Colorado Boulder
1 publication, 0.93%
Brigham Young University
1 publication, 0.93%
Texas Christian University
1 publication, 0.93%
William & Mary
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Georgia
1 publication, 0.93%
Bowling Green State University
1 publication, 0.93%
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USA, 666, 63.55%
USA
666 publications, 63.55%
Italy, 79, 7.54%
Italy
79 publications, 7.54%
United Kingdom, 39, 3.72%
United Kingdom
39 publications, 3.72%
Canada, 30, 2.86%
Canada
30 publications, 2.86%
Australia, 8, 0.76%
Australia
8 publications, 0.76%
Germany, 5, 0.48%
Germany
5 publications, 0.48%
Republic of Korea, 4, 0.38%
Republic of Korea
4 publications, 0.38%
Norway, 3, 0.29%
Norway
3 publications, 0.29%
France, 2, 0.19%
France
2 publications, 0.19%
Chile, 2, 0.19%
Chile
2 publications, 0.19%
Sweden, 2, 0.19%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.19%
Portugal, 1, 0.1%
Portugal
1 publication, 0.1%
Argentina, 1, 0.1%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.1%
Belgium, 1, 0.1%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.1%
Ireland, 1, 0.1%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.1%
UAE, 1, 0.1%
UAE
1 publication, 0.1%
Singapore, 1, 0.1%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.1%
Turkey, 1, 0.1%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.1%
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USA, 37, 34.26%
USA
37 publications, 34.26%
United Kingdom, 4, 3.7%
United Kingdom
4 publications, 3.7%
Italy, 3, 2.78%
Italy
3 publications, 2.78%
Canada, 2, 1.85%
Canada
2 publications, 1.85%
Norway, 1, 0.93%
Norway
1 publication, 0.93%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.93%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.93%
Sweden, 1, 0.93%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.93%
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