Policy and Society
Last updated ISSN 1449-4035
Policy and Society is published by Elsevier BV in social sciences. It is open access. The article processing charge is $1,634.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Policy and Society concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Public Policy and Administration Research
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- International Development and Aid
- Labor Movements and Unions
- European Union Policy and Governance
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Employment and Welfare Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1449-4035, 1839-3373 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $1,634 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 918 |
| Publishing since | 1990 |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpas20/current |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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