Journal of Policy History

Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 08980306, 15284190

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SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
0.4
SJR
0.177
CiteScore
0.6
Categories
Public Administration
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1989-2025
journal names
Journal of Policy History
J POLICY HIST
Publications
1 051
Citations
3 314
h-index
22
Publications
124
Citations
1 164
Top-3 citing journals
Journal of Policy History
Journal of Policy History (227 citations)
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (86 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (18 publications)
University of Virginia
University of Virginia (15 publications)
Arizona State University
Arizona State University (5 publications)
Ohio State University
Ohio State University (3 publications)
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge (2 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (479 publications)
United Kingdom (38 publications)
Canada (17 publications)
USA (54 publications)
United Kingdom (6 publications)
Netherlands (2 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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Journal of Policy History
227 citations, 6.85%
SSRN Electronic Journal
86 citations, 2.6%
Journal of American History
48 citations, 1.45%
Studies in American Political Development
39 citations, 1.18%
Enterprise and Society
37 citations, 1.12%
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
31 citations, 0.94%
Social Science History
28 citations, 0.84%
Presidential Studies Quarterly
22 citations, 0.66%
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
21 citations, 0.63%
Business History Review
21 citations, 0.63%
Policy Studies Journal
20 citations, 0.6%
Law and History Review
19 citations, 0.57%
Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
18 citations, 0.54%
Social Problems
16 citations, 0.48%
Perspectives on Politics
15 citations, 0.45%
Sustainability
15 citations, 0.45%
Journal of the American Planning Association
14 citations, 0.42%
Journal of Public Policy
12 citations, 0.36%
Politics and Policy
12 citations, 0.36%
Publius
12 citations, 0.36%
Public Administration Review
12 citations, 0.36%
Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research
12 citations, 0.36%
Polity
11 citations, 0.33%
American Journal of Sociology
11 citations, 0.33%
History of Political Economy
10 citations, 0.3%
Law and Social Inquiry
10 citations, 0.3%
Review of Policy Research
9 citations, 0.27%
Sociological Forum
9 citations, 0.27%
Annual Review of Political Science
9 citations, 0.27%
Revue Francaise de Sociologie
9 citations, 0.27%
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
9 citations, 0.27%
American Journal of Public Health
9 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Politics
8 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Planning Education and Research
8 citations, 0.24%
Policy Sciences
8 citations, 0.24%
PS - Political Science and Politics
8 citations, 0.24%
Educational Policy
8 citations, 0.24%
Social Science Quarterly
8 citations, 0.24%
Governance
8 citations, 0.24%
American Political Science Review
7 citations, 0.21%
Labor Studies Journal
7 citations, 0.21%
Energy Research and Social Science
7 citations, 0.21%
Journal of American Studies
7 citations, 0.21%
American Communist History
7 citations, 0.21%
Politics Groups and Identities
7 citations, 0.21%
Environmental Politics
6 citations, 0.18%
Business History
6 citations, 0.18%
Annual Review of Sociology
6 citations, 0.18%
American Nineteenth Century History
6 citations, 0.18%
Sociology Compass
6 citations, 0.18%
Social Politics
6 citations, 0.18%
Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy
6 citations, 0.18%
Isis
6 citations, 0.18%
Administration and Society
6 citations, 0.18%
World Medical and Health Policy
6 citations, 0.18%
International Journal of Drug Policy
5 citations, 0.15%
American Review of Public Administration
5 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
5 citations, 0.15%
State Politics and Policy Quarterly
5 citations, 0.15%
Poverty & Public Policy
5 citations, 0.15%
Political Research Quarterly
5 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Global History
5 citations, 0.15%
Environmental Science and Policy
5 citations, 0.15%
Du Bois Review
5 citations, 0.15%
International Labor and Working-Class History
5 citations, 0.15%
Housing Policy Debate
5 citations, 0.15%
Social Policy and Administration
5 citations, 0.15%
Religions
5 citations, 0.15%
Geoforum
5 citations, 0.15%
Congress and the Presidency
5 citations, 0.15%
American Behavioral Scientist
5 citations, 0.15%
Critical Sociology
5 citations, 0.15%
Social Service Review
5 citations, 0.15%
Regulation and Governance
5 citations, 0.15%
International Migration Review
5 citations, 0.15%
Cambridge Review of International Affairs
5 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Urban Affairs
5 citations, 0.15%
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
5 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
5 citations, 0.15%
Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education
5 citations, 0.15%
Policy and Society
4 citations, 0.12%
Legislative Studies Quarterly
4 citations, 0.12%
History and Technology
4 citations, 0.12%
Annual Review of Law and Social Science
4 citations, 0.12%
Labor History
4 citations, 0.12%
Journal of European Social Policy
4 citations, 0.12%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
4 citations, 0.12%
History of the Human Sciences
4 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Community Practice
4 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Poverty
4 citations, 0.12%
Comparative Political Studies
4 citations, 0.12%
Public Integrity
4 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Women, Politics and Policy
4 citations, 0.12%
Historical Journal
4 citations, 0.12%
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
4 citations, 0.12%
Journal of the History of Economic Thought
4 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics
4 citations, 0.12%
Interest Groups and Advocacy
4 citations, 0.12%
Politics and Religion
4 citations, 0.12%
Socio-Economic Review
4 citations, 0.12%
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Cambridge University Press
679 citations, 20.49%
Taylor & Francis
390 citations, 11.77%
Wiley
297 citations, 8.96%
SAGE
265 citations, 8%
Springer Nature
217 citations, 6.55%
Oxford University Press
184 citations, 5.55%
Elsevier
156 citations, 4.71%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
76 citations, 2.29%
Duke University Press
69 citations, 2.08%
University of Chicago Press
57 citations, 1.72%
Emerald
43 citations, 1.3%
MDPI
39 citations, 1.18%
MIT Press
37 citations, 1.12%
Center for the Study of the Presidency
21 citations, 0.63%
Annual Reviews
21 citations, 0.63%
Walter de Gruyter
12 citations, 0.36%
CAIRN
11 citations, 0.33%
Editions Ophrys
10 citations, 0.3%
OpenEdition
10 citations, 0.3%
American Public Health Association
9 citations, 0.27%
SciELO
8 citations, 0.24%
IGI Global
8 citations, 0.24%
Frontiers Media S.A.
7 citations, 0.21%
IOP Publishing
6 citations, 0.18%
BMJ
6 citations, 0.18%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
6 citations, 0.18%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
5 citations, 0.15%
Berkeley Electronic Press
5 citations, 0.15%
American Psychological Association (APA)
5 citations, 0.15%
University of California Press
4 citations, 0.12%
Brill
4 citations, 0.12%
University of Illinois Press
4 citations, 0.12%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
4 citations, 0.12%
Consortium Erudit
4 citations, 0.12%
F1000 Research
4 citations, 0.12%
Mary Ann Liebert
3 citations, 0.09%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
3 citations, 0.09%
IWA Publishing
3 citations, 0.09%
World Scientific
2 citations, 0.06%
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
2 citations, 0.06%
Katholieke Universiteit, Instituut voor Culturele en Sociale Antropologie, University Of Nijmegen
2 citations, 0.06%
Dougmar Publishing Group Inc
2 citations, 0.06%
2 citations, 0.06%
Alcohol and Drugs History Society
2 citations, 0.06%
Technosdar Ltd
2 citations, 0.06%
American Economic Association
2 citations, 0.06%
Instituto Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais
2 citations, 0.06%
Transaction Periodicals Consortium
2 citations, 0.06%
Australian Society for the Study of Labour History
2 citations, 0.06%
Human Kinetics
2 citations, 0.06%
American Educational Research Association
2 citations, 0.06%
Berghahn Books
2 citations, 0.06%
Bristol University Press
2 citations, 0.06%
Verlag Barbara Budrich GmbH
2 citations, 0.06%
Japanese Political Science Association
2 citations, 0.06%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.03%
Edinburgh University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.03%
Liverpool University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
American Society for Microbiology
1 citation, 0.03%
American Accounting Association
1 citation, 0.03%
Indiana University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research/Max-Planck-institut fur Demografische Forschung
1 citation, 0.03%
Editions Odile Jacob
1 citation, 0.03%
Early Childhood Australia
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
American Academy of Pediatrics
1 citation, 0.03%
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
1 citation, 0.03%
Southern Public Administration Education Foundation, Inc.
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Association d'Histoire des Societes Rurales
1 citation, 0.03%
American Medical Association (AMA)
1 citation, 0.03%
Massachusetts Medical Society
1 citation, 0.03%
Cardiological Society of India
1 citation, 0.03%
Copernicus
1 citation, 0.03%
American Thoracic Society
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Calgary Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Academy of Accounting Historians
1 citation, 0.03%
Editions de l' Atelier
1 citation, 0.03%
Vilnius University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Agricultural History Society
1 citation, 0.03%
Association for the Sociology of Religion
1 citation, 0.03%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Montreal
1 citation, 0.03%
National Association of Social Workers Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Sirey
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
1 citation, 0.03%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.03%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1 citation, 0.03%
Mark Allen Group
1 citation, 0.03%
JMIR Publications
1 citation, 0.03%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
1 citation, 0.03%
Virtus Interpress
1 citation, 0.03%
Ubiquity Press
1 citation, 0.03%
CMA Impact Inc.
1 citation, 0.03%
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Harvard University
18 publications, 1.71%
University of Virginia
15 publications, 1.43%
University of California, Santa Barbara
12 publications, 1.14%
Yale University
9 publications, 0.86%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
9 publications, 0.86%
George Washington University
8 publications, 0.76%
Princeton University
8 publications, 0.76%
Arizona State University
8 publications, 0.76%
University of Oxford
7 publications, 0.67%
Boston University
7 publications, 0.67%
George Mason University
7 publications, 0.67%
University of California, Berkeley
7 publications, 0.67%
University of Pennsylvania
7 publications, 0.67%
Columbia University
6 publications, 0.57%
Ohio State University
6 publications, 0.57%
Vanderbilt University
6 publications, 0.57%
Emory University
6 publications, 0.57%
University at Albany, State University of New York
6 publications, 0.57%
University College London
5 publications, 0.48%
Cornell University
5 publications, 0.48%
Pennsylvania State University
5 publications, 0.48%
University of Washington
5 publications, 0.48%
University of California, San Diego
5 publications, 0.48%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
5 publications, 0.48%
University of Houston
5 publications, 0.48%
Brandeis University
5 publications, 0.48%
University of Iowa
5 publications, 0.48%
University of Cambridge
4 publications, 0.38%
Florida State University
4 publications, 0.38%
Iowa State University
4 publications, 0.38%
Northwestern University
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Illinois at Chicago
4 publications, 0.38%
University of California, Los Angeles
4 publications, 0.38%
University of California, Davis
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Texas at Austin
4 publications, 0.38%
Ohio University
4 publications, 0.38%
Boston College
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Florida
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Kentucky
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Alabama
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Pittsburgh
4 publications, 0.38%
Baruch College
4 publications, 0.38%
University of Strathclyde
3 publications, 0.29%
Georgia Institute of technology
3 publications, 0.29%
Georgetown University
3 publications, 0.29%
Duke University
3 publications, 0.29%
Illinois State University
3 publications, 0.29%
DePaul University
3 publications, 0.29%
University of California, Irvine
3 publications, 0.29%
Northeastern University
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Chicago
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Notre Dame
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3 publications, 0.29%
McGill University
3 publications, 0.29%
Leiden University
3 publications, 0.29%
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
3 publications, 0.29%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Cincinnati
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Delaware
3 publications, 0.29%
William & Mary
3 publications, 0.29%
Portland State University
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Prince Edward Island
3 publications, 0.29%
University of West Georgia
3 publications, 0.29%
University of Georgia
3 publications, 0.29%
Hunter College
3 publications, 0.29%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2 publications, 0.19%
Uppsala University
2 publications, 0.19%
Oxford Brookes University
2 publications, 0.19%
Michigan State University
2 publications, 0.19%
North Dakota State University
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Otago
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Melbourne
2 publications, 0.19%
Howard University
2 publications, 0.19%
Western Washington University
2 publications, 0.19%
Colorado State University
2 publications, 0.19%
Virginia Tech
2 publications, 0.19%
Case Western Reserve University
2 publications, 0.19%
Syracuse University
2 publications, 0.19%
Northern Illinois University
2 publications, 0.19%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2 publications, 0.19%
University of California, Santa Cruz
2 publications, 0.19%
Loyola University Chicago
2 publications, 0.19%
Paris Cité University
2 publications, 0.19%
Judson University
2 publications, 0.19%
Wayne State University
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Michigan
2 publications, 0.19%
Yokohama National University
2 publications, 0.19%
Queen's University at Kingston
2 publications, 0.19%
Dartmouth College
2 publications, 0.19%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
2 publications, 0.19%
Purdue University
2 publications, 0.19%
Brown University
2 publications, 0.19%
Virginia Commonwealth University
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
2 publications, 0.19%
Salisbury University
2 publications, 0.19%
University of Maryland, College Park
2 publications, 0.19%
Coastal Carolina University
2 publications, 0.19%
Temple University
2 publications, 0.19%
Bucknell University
2 publications, 0.19%
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Arizona State University
5 publications, 4.03%
Ohio State University
3 publications, 2.42%
University of Cambridge
2 publications, 1.61%
North Dakota State University
2 publications, 1.61%
Northwestern University
2 publications, 1.61%
Duke University
2 publications, 1.61%
Leiden University
2 publications, 1.61%
University of Alabama
2 publications, 1.61%
University of Georgia
2 publications, 1.61%
University College London
1 publication, 0.81%
Queen Mary University of London
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Southern Denmark
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.81%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 0.81%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Auckland
1 publication, 0.81%
Victoria University of Wellington
1 publication, 0.81%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.81%
Howard University
1 publication, 0.81%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.81%
Seattle University
1 publication, 0.81%
Colorado State University
1 publication, 0.81%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.81%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 0.81%
Tufts University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of California, Los Angeles
1 publication, 0.81%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.81%
University of California, San Francisco
1 publication, 0.81%
University of California, Davis
1 publication, 0.81%
Northern Illinois University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of California, Irvine
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.81%
Keio University
1 publication, 0.81%
Ohio University
1 publication, 0.81%
Paris Cité University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.81%
Central Michigan University
1 publication, 0.81%
McGill University
1 publication, 0.81%
Metropolitan State University
1 publication, 0.81%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Konstanz
1 publication, 0.81%
Brown University
1 publication, 0.81%
Avignon University
1 publication, 0.81%
Leeds Beckett University
1 publication, 0.81%
Virginia Commonwealth University
1 publication, 0.81%
Arkansas State University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
1 publication, 0.81%
Coastal Carolina University
1 publication, 0.81%
Baylor University
1 publication, 0.81%
Fordham University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Florida
1 publication, 0.81%
Western Kentucky University
1 publication, 0.81%
Wake Forest University
1 publication, 0.81%
High Point University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1 publication, 0.81%
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
1 publication, 0.81%
William & Mary
1 publication, 0.81%
Middle Tennessee State University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of the Republic
1 publication, 0.81%
Catholic University of Uruguay
1 publication, 0.81%
Quinnipiac University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Connecticut
1 publication, 0.81%
Connecticut College
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Montpellier
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
1 publication, 0.81%
Cleveland State University
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Kansas
1 publication, 0.81%
University at Albany, State University of New York
1 publication, 0.81%
Baruch College
1 publication, 0.81%
University of Maine
1 publication, 0.81%
Louisiana Tech University
1 publication, 0.81%
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USA, 479, 45.58%
USA
479 publications, 45.58%
United Kingdom, 38, 3.62%
United Kingdom
38 publications, 3.62%
Canada, 17, 1.62%
Canada
17 publications, 1.62%
France, 5, 0.48%
France
5 publications, 0.48%
Australia, 5, 0.48%
Australia
5 publications, 0.48%
Germany, 4, 0.38%
Germany
4 publications, 0.38%
Italy, 4, 0.38%
Italy
4 publications, 0.38%
Netherlands, 4, 0.38%
Netherlands
4 publications, 0.38%
Republic of Korea, 4, 0.38%
Republic of Korea
4 publications, 0.38%
Japan, 4, 0.38%
Japan
4 publications, 0.38%
Israel, 3, 0.29%
Israel
3 publications, 0.29%
New Zealand, 3, 0.29%
New Zealand
3 publications, 0.29%
Norway, 3, 0.29%
Norway
3 publications, 0.29%
Sweden, 3, 0.29%
Sweden
3 publications, 0.29%
Denmark, 2, 0.19%
Denmark
2 publications, 0.19%
Turkey, 2, 0.19%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.19%
China, 1, 0.1%
China
1 publication, 0.1%
Portugal, 1, 0.1%
Portugal
1 publication, 0.1%
Greece, 1, 0.1%
Greece
1 publication, 0.1%
Ireland, 1, 0.1%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.1%
Spain, 1, 0.1%
Spain
1 publication, 0.1%
Lebanon, 1, 0.1%
Lebanon
1 publication, 0.1%
Mexico, 1, 0.1%
Mexico
1 publication, 0.1%
Pakistan, 1, 0.1%
Pakistan
1 publication, 0.1%
Uruguay, 1, 0.1%
Uruguay
1 publication, 0.1%
Montenegro, 1, 0.1%
Montenegro
1 publication, 0.1%
Switzerland, 1, 0.1%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.1%
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USA, 54, 43.55%
USA
54 publications, 43.55%
United Kingdom, 6, 4.84%
United Kingdom
6 publications, 4.84%
Netherlands, 2, 1.61%
Netherlands
2 publications, 1.61%
France, 1, 0.81%
France
1 publication, 0.81%
Denmark, 1, 0.81%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.81%
New Zealand, 1, 0.81%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.81%
Uruguay, 1, 0.81%
Uruguay
1 publication, 0.81%
Japan, 1, 0.81%
Japan
1 publication, 0.81%
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