Journal profile
Lien Social et Politiques
ISSN 1204-3206 · eISSN 1703-9665 · INRS - Centre Urbanisation Culture Société · Canada
Lien Social et Politiques: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 53 weeks (community reports); 28 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Lien Social et Politiques is published by INRS - Centre Urbanisation Culture Société. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Social Policy and Reform Studies, French Urban and Social Studies and Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies, together about 24.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Lien social et Politiques est une revue francophone, internationale et pluridisciplinaire, consacrée aux thèmes du lien social, des problèmes sociaux et des politiques publiques. La Revue, révisée par les pairs, est publiée deux fois l’an. Depuis 2015, Lien social et Politiques est disponible en accès libre via la plateforme Érudit. Elle est aussi indexée dans Academia.edu, BASE, Google Scholar, Repère, plusieurs bases de données ProQuest (Social Science Premium Collection, Sociology Database), plusieurs bases EBSCO (SocIndex with Full-Text, Sociology Source Ultimate), OpenAlex, Mir@bel et DOAJ. L'archivage pérenne de Lien social et Politiques est assuré par Portico. La Revue a pour objet l’analyse des phénomènes sociaux à partir aussi bien des individus et de leurs pratiques sociales que des régulations institutionnelles et des interventions. Elle privilégie un questionnement relatif au lien social et aux politiques fondé sur l’observation empirique et sur le sens que les acteurs confèrent à leur expérience. En mettant en perspective et en débat les problèmes de société, la Revue est un outil d’analyse et de comparaison des principaux enjeux contemporains en matière de politiques sociales.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Xavier LeloupPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences9.4%
- French Urban and Social StudiesSocial Sciences8.2%
- Employment, Labor, and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences6.5%
- Education, sociology, and vocational trainingSocial Sciences6.5%
- Social Policies and FamilySocial Sciences6.3%
- Social Sciences and PoliciesSocial Sciences6.1%
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences4.9%
- Family Dynamics and RelationshipsSocial Sciences4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Academia.edu, BASE, Google Scholar, Repère, EBSCO (SocIndex with Full-Text, Sociology Source Ultimate), OpenAlex, Mir@belPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 215OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.24OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,027 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 150 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 311 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 378 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 457 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 474 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 609 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 53 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 53 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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
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
- INRS - Centre Urbanisation Culture Société
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- French
- ISSN
- 1204-3206
- Electronic ISSN
- 1703-9665
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Lien Social et Politiques
How long does peer review take at Lien Social et Politiques?
Authors report an average review time of about 53 weeks. 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 Lien Social et Politiques?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Lien Social et Politiques is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Lien Social et Politiques open access, and what is the APC?
Lien Social et Politiques is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .