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Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
ISSN 0265-4075 · eISSN 1460-3608 · SAGE
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships: CAS Zone 3 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.24; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; median 247 days to acceptance (11 articles, last 24 months); 165 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships is published by SAGE and is in Zone 3 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, Family Dynamics and Relationships and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, together about 47% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Attachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychology28.4%
- Family Dynamics and RelationshipsSocial Sciences9.6%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology9%
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorPsychology7.4%
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingSocial Sciences4.6%
- Marriage and Sexual RelationshipsSocial Sciences3.7%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences3.4%
- Intimate Partner and Family ViolenceSocial Sciences2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Family Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Family Studies | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Family Studies | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 3 |
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
- 2.24LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 160OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,016OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.47%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 166LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,217 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 138 | 69 | 13 |
| 2025 | 165 | 95 | 327 |
| 2024 | 164 | 105 | 809 |
| 2023 | 139 | 73 | 1,056 |
| 2022 | 208 | 99 | 2,972 |
| 2021 | 202 | 79 | 4,006 |
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 PubMed · to
247 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 210 days – 309 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (11 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 277 days
- Sample
- 11 articles with submission and acceptance dates (25 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".
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 | — | — |
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
- 0265-4075
- Electronic ISSN
- 1460-3608
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
What CAS zone is Journal of Social and Personal Relationships in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships is in Zone 3 of Psychology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Family Studies / Communication / Psychology, Social. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Social and Personal Relationships?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.24; CiteScore 5, h-index 160.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Social and Personal Relationships?
Based on the dates recorded on 11 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 247 days (interquartile range 210–309 days). 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 Social and Personal Relationships?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Social and Personal Relationships open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 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: .