Journal of Critical Realism

Journal of Critical Realism 由 Taylor & Francis 出版，属中科院社会学大类（2025 升级版2区）。按 OpenAlex 近年发文统计，该刊主要发表 Critical Realism in Sociology、Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice、Economic Theory and Institutions 等主题的论文，这 3 个主题约占 45%，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）

The Journal of Critical Realism (JCR) is an international, interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed academic journal publishing original research in the humanities and social sciences that engages with critical realism. It is owned by the International Association for Critical Realism (IACR), established in 1997 to foster the discussion, propagation, and the development of critical realist approaches to understanding and changing the world. It provides a forum for scholars wishing to promote realist emancipatory philosophy, social theory and science on an interdisciplinary and critical basis, and for those who wish to engage with such approaches. JCR publishes research articles, review essays, book reviews, interviews, and scholarly discussions that relate in some significant way to critical realism. It is committed to encouraging contributions within the framework of, or engaging with, all phases of the philosophy of critical realism, including original critical realism, dialectical critical realism, and the philosophy of metaReality. All original articles/research articles and review essays that pass the initial desk review by the journal’s lead editorial team are reviewed by typically at least two independent academic referees in a double-anonymous peer review process before they can be published at the journal. Book reviews and discussion pieces go through editorial checks and might be sent to peer review at the discretion of the editorial team. For more information on the journal’s editorial policy, please see the sections titled 'Editorial structure and review process’, 'Thematic focus and basic criteria’, and ' Instructions for authors ’. Thematic focus and basic criteria: As a thematic criterion, submissions should contain a substantial engagement with critical realism and should demonstrate the relevance and significance of the metatheory for the work at hand. This could take various forms, including discussions with the relevant critical realist literature on the subject; application of critical realist concepts in adequate depth and detail to the subject and the broader literature in the area; and articulation of clear and coherent connections between critical realist metatheory, on the one hand, and the specific methodology and substantive theory, on the other. The journal is open to submissions that are critical of critical realism as well, provided there is sufficient depth of engagement. The journal publishes both conceptual and theoretical inqui

摘自期刊官网 Aims & Scope

研究方向（LetPub）：Multiple

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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

ESCIScopusLetPub

国际期刊预警名单：各版本均未列入LetPub

期刊官网自述收录

ERIH PLUS出版商官网

其他：ProQuest、International Bibliography of the Social Sciences、PhilPapers、Philosophy Research Index、ProQuest Academic Research Library、ProQuest Central、ProQuest Social Sciences、The Philosopher's Index

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（出版商公布） 2025

2.4出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

五年影响因子（出版商公布） 2025

3.2出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

5.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore（出版商公布） 2025

5.4出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.91LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR（出版商公布） 2025

0.91出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

1.41LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP（出版商公布） 2025

1.41出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

h-index

44OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

189OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

两年平均被引

1.29OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

自引率

33.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Gold OA 文章占比

25.64%LetPub · 2026-09-13

发文规模

年文章数

25LetPub · 2026-09-13

年下载量（出版商公布）

170,000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）

40%出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

投稿到首次决定

31 天出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

外审后首次决定

109 天出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

评审方式

双盲同行评审出版商官网

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

1476-7430

电子版 ISSN

1572-5138

官网最新一期

Volume 25, Issue 2（2026 年）

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