Social Sciences in China
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Social Sciences in China
Overview

Impact Factor

NA

H Index

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Impact Factor

0.412

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United Kingdom
Journal ISSN: 02529203, 19405952
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
History: 1980-1981, 1983-1989, 1991-1997, 2008-2021
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

Social Sciences in China SSIC is a peerreviewed quarterly founded in 1980 by the Social Sciences in China Press SSCP. It is the first social science journal in English published in the Chinese mainland and is committed to Chinarelated studies. Its articles are translated from the Journal of Zhongguo Shehui Kexue or solicited for special issues. SSIC is a platform projecting new realms new trends and new achievements in Chinese academic studies. It introduces the latest developments in Chinese social sciences to foreign audience and bridges social sciences researchers and readers worldwide. It is a valuable resource for China studies and its international influence is everincreasing. Many of SSIC s Chinese authors are famous in their own fields and it also has increasing overseas contributors from the US the UK Germany Singapore Australia Japan South Korea etc.SSIC is especially appealing to scholars of regional studies and many articles in SSIC cited by worldwide publications and authors. As one of the bestselling social science journals published in the Chinese mainland in English it enjoys an everincreasing international visibility it has received around 90 core subscriptions and a total circulation of more than 10000 from libraries institutions and personals around the world and it also gains access to dozens of key international conferences.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



Social Sciences in China
SCR Impact Factor

Social Sciences in China
SCR Journal Ranking

Social Sciences in China
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

Social Sciences in China
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Social Sciences in China
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    0.652 0.629 0.562
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    0.412 0.382 0.328
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    0.27 0.261 0.249
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    0.095 0.137 0.135
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    0.08 0.096 0.125
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    0.103 0.126 0.141
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    0.087 0.113 0.12
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    0.095 0.117 0.126
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    0.071 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    0.048 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    0.137 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    0.118 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    0.103 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    0.048 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

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H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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H-Index History