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Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
ISSN 1529-7489 · eISSN 1530-2415 · Wiley-Blackwell
Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.4; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,470; median 208 days to acceptance (87 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 14% (journal website); 59 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Social and Intergroup Psychology, Cultural Differences and Values and Racial and Ethnic Identity Research, together about 37.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Recent articles in ASAP have examined social psychological methods in the study of economic and social justice including ageism, heterosexism, racism, sexism, status quo bias and other forms of discrimination, social problems such as climate change, extremism, homelessness, inter-group conflict, natural disasters, poverty, and terrorism, and social ideals such as democracy, empowerment, equality, health, and trust.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Emeriti Christopher AbersonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences24.3%
- Cultural Differences and ValuesPsychology7.4%
- Racial and Ethnic Identity ResearchSocial Sciences5.9%
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceSocial Sciences4.6%
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentNeuroscience4.6%
- Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Sciences4%
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyPsychology3.8%
- Social Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.4LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 335OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.74OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 59.06%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 52LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 54Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 210,124Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 906 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 27 | 5 |
| 2025 | 59 | 40 | 88 |
| 2024 | 74 | 53 | 215 |
| 2023 | 38 | 28 | 155 |
| 2022 | 53 | 24 | 528 |
| 2021 | 57 | 23 | 739 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
208 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 159 days – 320 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (88 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 227 days
- Sample
- 87 articles with submission and acceptance dates (118 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 189 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,470 / EUR 2,900 / GBP 2,330 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted6
- commentaryThe Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (ASAP) journal accepts theoretical, critical, qualitative, and quantitative psychological and related social sci…Length not stated
- original articleThe Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (ASAP) journal accepts theoretical, critical, qualitative, and quantitative psychological and related social sci…Length not stated
- original researchThe Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (ASAP) journal accepts theoretical, critical, qualitative, and quantitative psychological and related social sci…Length not stated
- registered reportThe Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (ASAP) journal accepts theoretical, critical, qualitative, and quantitative psychological and related social sci…Length not stated
- registered report stage 1Registered Report Stage 1 Procedural method in the design and implementation of an experiment or study Please note that Stage 1 reports are not published in the…Length not stated
- replicationReplication Repetition of a previous study 15,000 limit Yes, Structured Data Availability Statement IRB StatementLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use AI Policy
AI policy Model summary
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools — such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) — cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship (as discussed in the previous section)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Editorial Conflict of Interest Policy
In-house submissions, i.e. papers authored by Editors or Editorial Board members of the title, will be sent to Editors unaffiliated with the author or institution and monitored carefully to ensure there is no peer review bias.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Data sharing and data availability Model summary
This journal expects data sharing. Thus, authors should include a data availability statement in the Author Note and near the end of the Methods section indicating the absence or presence of their data in an online repository. Authors should refer to Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
COPE membership Model summary
This journal follows the core practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and handles cases of research and publication misconduct accordingly (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Double-anonymized Peer-review policy
Double-anonymized peer review policy Model summary
Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy operates a double-anonymized peer review process, so please ensure that all identifying information such as author names and affiliations, acknowledgements or explicit mentions of author institution in the text are on a separate page. When possible, refer to one’s own work in the third person; do not remove citations that directly cite oneself for purpos…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint your manuscript on Authorea
Preprint policy Model summary
You can now opt to seamlessly preprint your manuscript at submission, through Wiley’s Under Review service, powered by Authorea. Make your work citable and discoverable, before it is accepted or published.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1529-7489
- Electronic ISSN
- 1530-2415
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 26, Issue 3 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
What CAS zone is Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology, Social / Social Issues. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.4; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 60.
How long does peer review take at Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy?
Based on the dates recorded on 87 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 208 days (interquartile range 159–320 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 14% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy open access, and what is the APC?
Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,470.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .