Journal profile · SOCIAL WORK
Poverty & Public Policy
ISSN 1944-2858 · Berkeley Electronic Press
Poverty & Public Policy: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 299 days to acceptance (61 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 22% (journal website); 55 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Poverty & Public Policy is published by Berkeley Electronic Press and is in Zone 4 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Income, Poverty, and Inequality, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, together about 32.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Poverty is worldwide, but empirical studies of poverty, income distribution, and low-income aid programs for citizens have thus far been more common in America, Canada, Australia, and the major industrial nations of Europe. American and Canadian studies of poverty, income issues, and social welfare programs have, to an extent, been insular in scope. Poverty & Public Policy (PPP) is a global journal. In much of the world, including Central and South America, Africa, the Middle East and much of Asia, there are important studies of poverty, income and aid programs; little has been integrated into the scholarly literature, however, which is an oversight this journal aims to correct. Poverty & Public Policy publishes quality research on poverty, income distribution, and welfare programs from scholars around the globe. PPP is eclectic, publishing peer-reviewed empirical studies, peer-reviewed theoretical essays on approaches to poverty and social welfare, book reviews, data sets, edited blogs, and incipient data from scholars, aid workers and other hands-on officials in less developed nations and nations that are just beginning to focus on these problems in a scientific fashion.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL WORK
Editor-in-chief Connie Snyder MickPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Income, Poverty, and InequalitySocial Sciences16.9%
- Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareSocial Sciences9.3%
- Gender, Labor, and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences6.7%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences6.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.8%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.4%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
- Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| 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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceEconLitPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, RePEc
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)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 105OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.83OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 29.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 47Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 34,337Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 693 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 55 | 27 | 48 |
| 2024 | 37 | 18 | 51 |
| 2023 | 36 | 23 | 121 |
| 2022 | 33 | 7 | 99 |
| 2021 | 35 | 8 | 170 |
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 Crossref · to
299 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 179 days – 420 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 41 days (66 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 345 days
- Sample
- 61 articles with submission and acceptance dates (88 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".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 22%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 22%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 97 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 97 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 234 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 74 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 2,900 / EUR 2,450 / GBP 1,930 | — | — | |
| 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.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted12
- book reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Articles/Feature Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual an…Length not stated
- commentariesCommentaries evidence-based opinion pieces involving areas of broad interest and invited commentaries. broad interest 1500 limit / invited 1000 limit Yes, unstr…Length not stated
- commentaryArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Articles/Feature Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual an…Length not stated
- editorialArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Articles/Feature Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual an…Length not stated
- letter to the editorArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Articles/Feature Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual an…Length not stated
- meta-analysisArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Articles/Feature Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual an…Length not stated
- opinionArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Articles/Feature Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual an…Length not stated
- original articleArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Articles/Feature Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual an…Length not stated
- original articles/feature articlesOriginal Articles/Feature Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledge 7500 limit Yes, uns…Length not stated
- reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Articles/Feature Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual an…Length not stated
- reviews/policy reviews/book reviewsReviews/Policy Reviews/Book Reviews critical reviews of the literature, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses 5000 limit Yes, unstructuredLength not stated
- systematic reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Articles/Feature Articles reports of new research findings or conceptual an…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Self-archiving
- Authorship Authorship
ORCID required. Model summary
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Data sharing expected; data availability statement required. Model summary
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
Creative Commons licensing options: CC-BY, CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-ND. Model summary
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
No submission fees. Model summary
This journal is a subscription journal that offers an open access option. You’ll have the option to choose to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an APC, unless a waiver applies. Read more about APCs here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Double-anonymized peer review; papers sent to review only if Editor-in-Chief determines quality and relevance requirements are met. Model summary
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, new submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal https://authors.wiley.com/journal/POP4.You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission.wiley.com and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help with the submission system, please revie…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprints accepted; authors may post submitted version to a preprint server at any time. Model summary
This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. P&PP will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Self-archiving allowed under standard copyright agreement under specific conditions. Model summary
Note that the journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions.
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
- Berkeley Electronic Press
- ISSN
- 1944-2858
- Society / sponsor
- Policy Studies Organization
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Poverty & Public Policy
What CAS zone is Poverty & Public Policy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Poverty & Public Policy is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Social Work. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Poverty & Public Policy?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at Poverty & Public Policy?
Based on the dates recorded on 61 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 299 days (interquartile range 179–420 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 22% (2025). 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 Poverty & Public Policy?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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.
Which databases index Poverty & Public Policy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Poverty & Public Policy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Poverty & Public Policy open access, and what is the APC?
Poverty & Public Policy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
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: .