Journal profile · SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Evaluation Review
ISSN 0193-841X · eISSN 1552-3926 · SAGE
Evaluation Review: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.99; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 212 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 15.9% (journal website); 39 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Evaluation Review is published by SAGE 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 Evaluation and Performance Assessment, Advanced Causal Inference Techniques and Health Policy Implementation Science, together about 31.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Evaluation Review aims to advance the practice of evaluation and to publish the results of high quality evaluations. The Review focuses on rigorous evaluation of public programs and policies across a range of types of evaluation, policy areas, and academic disciplines, all to foster evidence based policy. Papers of interest include methodology, results, and broader perspectives on evaluation (e.g., contracting for evaluation, relation to … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 17%); most named United States 10, Mainland China 5, United Kingdom 3, Japan 2, France 2 (30 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Evaluation and Performance AssessmentDecision Sciences15.9%
- Advanced Causal Inference TechniquesMathematics9.6%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions5.6%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions5.6%
- Crime Patterns and InterventionsSocial Sciences5%
- School Choice and PerformanceSocial Sciences4.7%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine4.5%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions4.2%
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 | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | 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 Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 2.99LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 96OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 832OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20.56%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,658 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 15 | 6 |
| 2025 | 39 | 17 | 197 |
| 2024 | 32 | 16 | 107 |
| 2023 | 46 | 21 | 634 |
| 2022 | 49 | 11 | 697 |
| 2021 | 18 | 4 | 105 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
212 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 15.9%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 212 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 18 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 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted10, with length limits
- book reviewFull-length Articles – Articles focus on topics applicable to the broad field of evaluation. We seek articles that examine topics in evaluation methods, theory,…main text ≤ 2,500 words
- comment, opinion and book reviewComment, Opinion and Book Review – We also welcome present essays, opinions, commentary paper, and professional judgments.Length not stated
- commentaryFull-length Articles – Articles focus on topics applicable to the broad field of evaluation. We seek articles that examine topics in evaluation methods, theory,…Length not stated
- full-length articlesFull-length Articles – Articles focus on topics applicable to the broad field of evaluation.Length not stated
- letterFull-length Articles – Articles focus on topics applicable to the broad field of evaluation. We seek articles that examine topics in evaluation methods, theory,…Length not stated
- letters and short communicationLetters and Short Communication – Short article should be solid and sound methodologyLength not stated
- opinionFull-length Articles – Articles focus on topics applicable to the broad field of evaluation. We seek articles that examine topics in evaluation methods, theory,…Length not stated
- perspectiveFull-length Articles – Articles focus on topics applicable to the broad field of evaluation. We seek articles that examine topics in evaluation methods, theory,…Length not stated
- reviewFull-length Articles – Articles focus on topics applicable to the broad field of evaluation. We seek articles that examine topics in evaluation methods, theory,…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- short communicationFull-length Articles – Articles focus on topics applicable to the broad field of evaluation. We seek articles that examine topics in evaluation methods, theory,…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Ethical Uses of Generative AI in Assessment: Student Perceptions in UK Contexts
Xianghan O’Dea Richard Bale Yuan-Li Tiffany Chiu Kamilya Suleymenova Amanda Tinker Ruth Stoker
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printed version, fees is determined during production. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0193-841X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-3926
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Evaluation Review
What CAS zone is Evaluation Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Evaluation Review is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. 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 Evaluation Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.99; CiteScore 6.5, h-index 96.
How long does peer review take at Evaluation Review?
The publisher reports about 212 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 15.9%. 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 Evaluation Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Evaluation Review based?
Of the 30 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 5 (about 17%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (10), Mainland China (5) and United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Evaluation Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Evaluation Review is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Evaluation Review open access, and what is the APC?
Evaluation Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .