Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Social Change

Country

India

Universities and research institutions in India
Media Ranking in India

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Council for Social Development

H-Index

17

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

00490857

Coverage

1979, 1981-1987, 1995-1996, 1999-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

socialchange@csdindia.org

Scope

Social Change, an interdisciplinary social science journal started in 1971, carries research papers, perspective essays and commentaries devoted to issues of social change and development in India, as well as Asia, Africa and Latin America, though not excluding relevant studies from Europe and North America. Its book reviews and review articles, covering publications from India and abroad, reflect on trends in scholarly thought in the global realm. Even though the journal devotes considerable attention to publishing articles on the Indian development experience, it values global scholarship on social change. An international Editorial Board of eminent experts is actively involved in helping the journal to pursue its goals. Regular contributions from foreign scholars and an expanding global readership testify to this. Sponsored by the Council for Social Development, the journal aims to analyse and assess ideas, policies and practices concerning the interests of marginalised groups. Social, economic, cultural and political dimensions of social change, especially in relation to changing conditions of social groups, are of interest to the journal. Issues of social development, especially health, education, social welfare, environment, urbanisation, migration, displacement, rural problems and human rights are particularly sought after areas. Articles on the rights of women, children, disabled, minorities, marginal farmers and unorganised workers are especially welcome. Through its periodic special thematic issues the journal attempts to capture the current state of academic discourse. Social Change is a double-anonymised, refereed journal and seeks to maintain high standards of serious scholarship. It tries to ensure that empirically grounded contributions are theoretically informed and theoretical and policy essays are rooted in empirical evidence. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Development2021Q4
Development2022Q3
Development2023Q3
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)1999Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)1999Q3
Geography, Planning and Development2021Q4
Geography, Planning and Development2022Q3
Geography, Planning and Development2023Q3
Health Professions (miscellaneous)1999Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)1999Q3
Psychology (miscellaneous)1999Q4
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)1999Q4
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)2021Q3
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)2022Q3
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)2023Q3
Sociology and Political Science2021Q3
Sociology and Political Science2022Q3
Sociology and Political Science2023Q3
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of 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 It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
19990.110
20210.165
20220.216
20230.230
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
199946
200029
200137
200226
200341
200463
200548
200651
200736
200847
200934
201031
201130
201231
201334
201434
201535
201634
201740
201839
201944
202037
202128
20227
202313
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19990.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20000.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.027
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.014
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.022
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.044
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.020
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.099
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.036
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.027
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.134
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.095
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.206
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.225
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.306
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.277
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.392
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.277
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.306
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.538
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.642
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20230.853
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19990.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20000.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.027
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.011
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.026
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.037
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.030
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.134
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.017
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.027
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.116
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.098
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.179
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.202
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.272
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.301
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.321
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.248
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.260
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.592
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.642
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.736
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.027
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.018
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.061
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.046
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.108
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.012
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.015
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.164
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.098
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.092
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.221
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.130
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.188
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.270
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.215
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.241
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.469
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.569
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.429
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites19990
Self Cites20000
Self Cites20010
Self Cites20020
Self Cites20031
Self Cites20040
Self Cites20050
Self Cites20060
Self Cites20070
Self Cites20081
Self Cites20091
Self Cites20101
Self Cites20110
Self Cites20120
Self Cites20130
Self Cites20140
Self Cites20151
Self Cites20160
Self Cites20171
Self Cites20181
Self Cites20191
Self Cites20202
Self Cites20210
Self Cites20220
Self Cites20231
Total Cites19990
Total Cites20000
Total Cites20012
Total Cites20020
Total Cites20031
Total Cites20040
Total Cites20050
Total Cites20064
Total Cites20076
Total Cites20084
Total Cites200918
Total Cites20102
Total Cites20113
Total Cites201211
Total Cites20139
Total Cites201417
Total Cites201520
Total Cites201628
Total Cites201731
Total Cites201835
Total Cites201928
Total Cites202032
Total Cites202171
Total Cites202270
Total Cites202353
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19990.000
External Cites per document20000.000
External Cites per document20010.027
External Cites per document20020.000
External Cites per document20030.000
External Cites per document20040.000
External Cites per document20050.000
External Cites per document20060.026
External Cites per document20070.037
External Cites per document20080.022
External Cites per document20090.127
External Cites per document20100.009
External Cites per document20110.027
External Cites per document20120.116
External Cites per document20130.098
External Cites per document20140.179
External Cites per document20150.192
External Cites per document20160.272
External Cites per document20170.291
External Cites per document20180.312
External Cites per document20190.239
External Cites per document20200.244
External Cites per document20210.592
External Cites per document20220.642
External Cites per document20230.722
Cites per document19990.000
Cites per document20000.000
Cites per document20010.027
Cites per document20020.000
Cites per document20030.011
Cites per document20040.000
Cites per document20050.000
Cites per document20060.026
Cites per document20070.037
Cites per document20080.030
Cites per document20090.134
Cites per document20100.017
Cites per document20110.027
Cites per document20120.116
Cites per document20130.098
Cites per document20140.179
Cites per document20150.202
Cites per document20160.272
Cites per document20170.301
Cites per document20180.321
Cites per document20190.248
Cites per document20200.260
Cites per document20210.592
Cites per document20220.642
Cites per document20230.736
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
19992.17
20000.00
20010.00
20020.00
20030.00
20043.17
20050.00
20060.00
20070.00
20080.00
20090.00
20106.45
20110.00
20120.00
20130.00
20140.00
20152.86
20168.82
20172.50
20187.69
20199.09
20208.11
20217.14
20220.00
202315.38
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents19990
Non-citable documents20000
Non-citable documents20010
Non-citable documents20021
Non-citable documents20031
Non-citable documents20048
Non-citable documents200523
Non-citable documents200626
Non-citable documents200727
Non-citable documents200818
Non-citable documents200922
Non-citable documents201020
Non-citable documents201116
Non-citable documents201211
Non-citable documents201310
Non-citable documents201414
Non-citable documents201517
Non-citable documents201621
Non-citable documents201717
Non-citable documents201813
Non-citable documents20197
Non-citable documents20209
Non-citable documents202113
Non-citable documents202212
Non-citable documents20238
Citable documents19992
Citable documents200046
Citable documents200175
Citable documents2002111
Citable documents200391
Citable documents200496
Citable documents2005107
Citable documents2006126
Citable documents2007135
Citable documents2008117
Citable documents2009112
Citable documents201097
Citable documents201196
Citable documents201284
Citable documents201382
Citable documents201481
Citable documents201582
Citable documents201682
Citable documents201786
Citable documents201896
Citable documents2019106
Citable documents2020114
Citable documents2021107
Citable documents202297
Citable documents202364
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents19992
Uncited documents200046
Uncited documents200173
Uncited documents2002112
Uncited documents200391
Uncited documents2004104
Uncited documents2005130
Uncited documents2006149
Uncited documents2007157
Uncited documents2008131
Uncited documents2009125
Uncited documents2010115
Uncited documents2011109
Uncited documents201285
Uncited documents201382
Uncited documents201483
Uncited documents201584
Uncited documents201682
Uncited documents201783
Uncited documents201888
Uncited documents201996
Uncited documents2020103
Uncited documents202178
Uncited documents202267
Uncited documents202346
Cited documents19990
Cited documents20000
Cited documents20012
Cited documents20020
Cited documents20031
Cited documents20040
Cited documents20050
Cited documents20063
Cited documents20075
Cited documents20084
Cited documents20099
Cited documents20102
Cited documents20113
Cited documents201210
Cited documents201310
Cited documents201412
Cited documents201515
Cited documents201621
Cited documents201720
Cited documents201821
Cited documents201917
Cited documents202020
Cited documents202142
Cited documents202242
Cited documents202326
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