International Journal of Social Research Methodology

International Journal of Social Research Methodology 由 Taylor & Francis 出版，属中科院社会学大类（2025 升级版3区）。按 OpenAlex 近年发文统计，该刊主要发表 Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics、Participatory Visual Research Methods、Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods 等主题的论文，这 3 个主题约占 37.1%，主导子领域为 Sociology and Political Science。（根据 OpenAlex 主题统计与中科院分区数据生成）

A key feature of the Journal is its mixed audience of researchers within academic and other research organizations as well as practitioner-researchers in the field. The Journal therefore aims to publish high quality methodological discussions which typically draw on a mix of academic and practice-based research in professional and service settings, and those considering the relationship between the two. The Journal provides a focus for on-going and emerging methodological debates across a range of approaches, both qualitative and quantitative, and including mixed, comparative and simulation methods, as these relate to philosophical, theoretical, ethical, political and practical issues; an international medium for the publication of discussions of social research methodology and practices across a wide range of social science disciplines and substantive interests; and a forum for researchers based in all sectors to consider and evaluate methods as these relate to research practice. The International Journal of Social Research Methodology welcomes single article contributions relating to methodology and methods that: draw out the generic implications for methods or methodology that are not limited to a specific topic area or discipline; and treats the substantive findings of the research as illustrative of specific methodological approaches rather than as a substantive aspect of the article; In doing so, submitted articles: provide an original contribution to current cutting-edge methodological debates go beyond describing the research process of a particular project are more than 'how to do X?' discussions, and instead critically engage with methodological issues, concerns and debates as they relate to doing social research in general; can be appreciated by readers who may or may not be experts in a particular methodological approach or concept; critically reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of specific approaches to provide robust arguments in relation to a particular method or methodology. We encourage authors who are considering submitting to the journal to look at current and past issues as a guide to the sorts of articles that we publish. We do not consider article submissions that: Discuss a particular substantive context and findings, such that the methods are not the focus of the article (e.g. women’s educational achievement in UAE, or mixed ethnicity couple relations Focus on methods in relation to a specific disciplinary context without co

摘自期刊官网 Aims & Scope

研究方向（LetPub）：SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

中科院期刊分区表

期刊官网公布的 JCR / CiteScore 分区

• JCR Q1 · 最佳分区 · 2025 年度
• CiteScore Q1 · 2025 年度

出版商自述数据，JCR 以 Clarivate、CiteScore 以 Scopus 公布为准；与中科院分区是不同体系。出版商官网

数据库收录

SSCIScopusLetPub

国际期刊预警名单：各版本均未列入LetPub

期刊官网自述收录

SCIEPsycINFO出版商官网

其他：Educational Research Abstracts online、CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts、Family and Society Studies Worldwide、International Bibliography of the Social Sciences、Sociological Abstracts

期刊官网列出的收录清单，未与各数据库逐一核对；Web of Science 各子库以上方记录为准。

不同版本、大类与小类分别展示，不将不同评价口径合并为一个分区值；投稿与考核前请确认所在机构采用的版本。

影响力指标

影响因子

2.35LetPub · 2026-09-13

影响因子（出版商公布） 2025

2.6出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

五年影响因子（出版商公布） 2025

5.1出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

9.2LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore（出版商公布） 2025

9.2出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

1.42LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR（出版商公布） 2025

1.42出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

2.44LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP（出版商公布） 2025

2.44出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

h-index

119OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

793OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

两年平均被引

1.82OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

自引率

7.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Gold OA 文章占比

43.56%LetPub · 2026-09-13

发文规模

年文章数

68LetPub · 2026-09-13

年下载量（出版商公布）

619,000出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

不同来源的统计口径与观测时间不同，页面保留各来源原值；“出版商公布”为期刊官网自述数据。

其他来源

录用率（出版商公布）

16%出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

投稿到首次决定

51 天出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

外审后首次决定

128 天出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

接收到发表

15 天出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

评审方式

双盲同行评审出版商官网 · 模型提取

社区反馈来自投稿者样本，置信度 0.5，不代表期刊承诺；“出版商公布”的时间节点定义以官网为准。

混合期刊的文章处理费仅在作者选择开放获取发表时收取；按订阅方式发表通常不收费。

费用以期刊官网为准；不同来源的观测时间可能不同，页面保留各来源原值，不做平均。

摘录来自期刊官网页面，仅保留原文片段；“模型摘要”由 Workers AI 生成并经原文校验，以官网为准。

出版商

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1364-5579

电子版 ISSN

1464-5300

官网最新一期

Volume 29, Issue 5（2026 年）

官方链接

• 期刊主页 ↗LetPub
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