Journal profile · SOCIAL WORK
Journal of Poverty
ISSN 1087-5549 · eISSN 1540-7608 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Poverty: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 102 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 7% (journal website); 32 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Poverty is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Military Technology and Strategies, together about 26.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science and General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Poverty is now listed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index The Journal of Poverty is a multidisciplinary referred publication dedicated to exploring contemporary forms of poverty within a global and societal context. The journal examines poverty from the standpoints of numerous disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, interdisciplinary fields, and professions such as education, social work, health and law. The journal provides critical and scholarly perspectives regarding the structural causes of poverty, as well as the relationship of poverty and inequality to dominant economic, political, cultural and social institutions. The journal also examines moral and ethical issues related to poverty, for instance, human rights, social justice, governance and democracy. The journal offers a forum for scholarship and research that examines the lived experiences of poverty and inequality by communities and their social and political struggles to secure rights and freedoms. The journal examines poverty and inequality as it relates to topics such as: Migration Urbanization Globalization Population Displacement Development Health Hunger Public Policy Education Human Rights and capabilities Criminal Justice Ecological and Environmental Destruction Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Class Governance Oppression Advocacy Social Capital/Human Development Inclusion/Exclusion/Marginalization Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized review by three anonymous referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL WORK
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences8.9%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences8.9%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering8.9%
- Gender, Labor, and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences8.7%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions8.6%
- Income, Poverty, and InequalitySocial Sciences6.5%
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesSocial Sciences6.1%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions5.1%
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 Work | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, SocINDEX, Social Services Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.32Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.73Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 286OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.19OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.55%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 77,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,036 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 6 | 5 |
| 2025 | 32 | 9 | 25 |
| 2024 | 57 | 11 | 204 |
| 2023 | 35 | 3 | 69 |
| 2022 | 25 | 7 | 161 |
| 2021 | 65 | 10 | 469 |
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 7%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 102 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 102 daysPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Journal of Poverty is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and read…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All research articles have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized review by three anonymous referees. Model summary
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized review by three anonymous referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1087-5549
- Electronic ISSN
- 1540-7608
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 30, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Poverty
What CAS zone is Journal of Poverty in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Poverty is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Social Work. 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.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Poverty?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Poverty?
The publisher reports about 102 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 7%. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Poverty?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Poverty is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Poverty open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Poverty is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .