Journal profile · POLITICAL SCIENCE
Global Social Policy
ISSN 1468-0181 · eISSN 1741-2803 · SAGE
Global Social Policy: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 39 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Global Social Policy 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 Social Policy and Reform Studies, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and Social Sciences and Policies, together about 43.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): POLITICAL SCIENCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences29.3%
- Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareSocial Sciences7.2%
- Social Sciences and PoliciesSocial Sciences6.7%
- Policy Transfer and LearningSocial Sciences4.8%
- International Development and AidSocial Sciences4.7%
- Social Science and Policy ResearchSocial Sciences4.5%
- Social and Political IssuesSocial Sciences4%
- Employment, Labor, and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences3.6%
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 | Political Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | Q2 | 489/1530 | 68th |
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q2 | 379/876 | 56th |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | Q3 | 245/432 | 43rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 292OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.72OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 44.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 929 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 14 | 815 |
| 2025 | 39 | 15 | 953 |
| 2024 | 43 | 30 | 976 |
| 2023 | 36 | 27 | 959 |
| 2022 | 50 | 17 | 961 |
| 2021 | 36 | 18 | 1,038 |
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.
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 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1468-0181
- Electronic ISSN
- 1741-2803
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Global Social Policy
What CAS zone is Global Social Policy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Global Social Policy is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Political Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Global Social Policy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Global Social Policy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Global Social Policy open access, and what is the APC?
Global Social Policy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .