Higher Education Policy

Higher Education Policy is an international peer-reviewed and SSCI-indexed academic journal focusing on higher education policy in a broad sense. The journal considers submissions that discuss national and supra-national higher education policies and/or analyse their impacts on higher education institutions or the academic community: leadership, faculty, staff and students, but also considers papers that deal with governance and policy issues at the level of higher education institutions. Critical analyses, empirical investigations (either qualitative or quantitative), and theoretical-conceptual contributions are equally welcome, but for all submissions the requirement is that papers be embedded in the relevant academic literature and contribute to furthering our understanding of policy. The journal has a preference for papers that are written from a disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspective. In the past, contributors have relied on perspectives from public administration, political science, sociology, history, economics and law, but also from philosophy, psychology and anthropology. Articles devoted to systems of higher education that are less well-known or less often analysed are particularly welcome. Given the international scope of the journal, articles should be written for and be understood by an international audience, consisting of researchers in higher education, disciplinary researchers, and policy-makers, administrators, managers and practitioners in higher education. Contributions should not normally exceed 7,000 words (excluding references).

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Category	Year	Quartile
Education	1999	Q3
Education	2000	Q2
Education	2001	Q4
Education	2002	Q4
Education	2003	Q2
Education	2004	Q3
Education	2005	Q4
Education	2006	Q3
Education	2007	Q2
Education	2008	Q2
Education	2009	Q1
Education	2010	Q1
Education	2011	Q1
Education	2012	Q2
Education	2013	Q2
Education	2014	Q2
Education	2015	Q1
Education	2016	Q2
Education	2017	Q2
Education	2018	Q2
Education	2019	Q2
Education	2020	Q2
Education	2021	Q2
Education	2022	Q1
Education	2023	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	1999	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2000	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2001	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2002	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2003	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2004	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2005	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2006	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2007	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2008	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2009	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2010	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2011	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2012	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2013	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2014	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2015	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2016	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2017	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2018	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2019	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2020	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2021	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2022	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2023	Q1

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.

Year	SJR
1999	0.266
2000	0.355
2001	0.153
2002	0.128
2003	0.359
2004	0.161
2005	0.142
2006	0.251
2007	0.479
2008	0.558
2009	1.055
2010	0.802
2011	0.701
2012	0.395
2013	0.623
2014	0.567
2015	0.745
2016	0.581
2017	0.652
2018	0.612
2019	0.625
2020	0.638
2021	0.693
2022	0.777
2023	0.838

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
1999	26
2000	28
2001	27
2002	37
2003	32
2004	31
2005	37
2006	28
2007	30
2008	31
2009	29
2010	29
2011	27
2012	29
2013	29
2014	29
2015	30
2016	28
2017	32
2018	28
2019	35
2020	41
2021	50
2022	46
2023	73

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 document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.272
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.271
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.295
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.227
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.551
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.274
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.370
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.460
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.555
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.762
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.262
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.271
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	1.605
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.569
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.377
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.412
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.289
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.650
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.328
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.555
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.847
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	2.098
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	2.500
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.422
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	3.174
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.272
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.321
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.253
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.222
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.533
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.250
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.320
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.430
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.531
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.674
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.573
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.422
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.674
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.212
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.200
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.259
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.253
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.489
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.149
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.622
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.784
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	2.168
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	2.298
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	2.317
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	3.051
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.224
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.218
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.278
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.218
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.203
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.270
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.368
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.477
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.517
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	2.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.333
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.897
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.875
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.018
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.328
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.983
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.169
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.966
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.467
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.867
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	2.095
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	2.033
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.927

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.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	8
Self Cites	2000	7
Self Cites	2001	4
Self Cites	2002	0
Self Cites	2003	6
Self Cites	2004	2
Self Cites	2005	1
Self Cites	2006	12
Self Cites	2007	5
Self Cites	2008	5
Self Cites	2009	17
Self Cites	2010	7
Self Cites	2011	1
Self Cites	2012	9
Self Cites	2013	8
Self Cites	2014	4
Self Cites	2015	9
Self Cites	2016	3
Self Cites	2017	2
Self Cites	2018	9
Self Cites	2019	15
Self Cites	2020	4
Self Cites	2021	3
Self Cites	2022	11
Self Cites	2023	17
Total Cites	1999	25
Total Cites	2000	27
Total Cites	2001	21
Total Cites	2002	18
Total Cites	2003	49
Total Cites	2004	24
Total Cites	2005	32
Total Cites	2006	43
Total Cites	2007	51
Total Cites	2008	64
Total Cites	2009	140
Total Cites	2010	128
Total Cites	2011	149
Total Cites	2012	103
Total Cites	2013	102
Total Cites	2014	107
Total Cites	2015	109
Total Cites	2016	131
Total Cites	2017	100
Total Cites	2018	146
Total Cites	2019	157
Total Cites	2020	206
Total Cites	2021	239
Total Cites	2022	292
Total Cites	2023	418

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.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.185
External Cites per document	2000	0.238
External Cites per document	2001	0.205
External Cites per document	2002	0.222
External Cites per document	2003	0.467
External Cites per document	2004	0.229
External Cites per document	2005	0.310
External Cites per document	2006	0.310
External Cites per document	2007	0.479
External Cites per document	2008	0.621
External Cites per document	2009	1.382
External Cites per document	2010	1.344
External Cites per document	2011	1.663
External Cites per document	2012	1.106
External Cites per document	2013	1.106
External Cites per document	2014	1.212
External Cites per document	2015	1.149
External Cites per document	2016	1.455
External Cites per document	2017	1.126
External Cites per document	2018	1.522
External Cites per document	2019	1.614
External Cites per document	2020	2.126
External Cites per document	2021	2.269
External Cites per document	2022	2.230
External Cites per document	2023	2.927
Cites per document	1999	0.272
Cites per document	2000	0.321
Cites per document	2001	0.253
Cites per document	2002	0.222
Cites per document	2003	0.533
Cites per document	2004	0.250
Cites per document	2005	0.320
Cites per document	2006	0.430
Cites per document	2007	0.531
Cites per document	2008	0.674
Cites per document	2009	1.573
Cites per document	2010	1.422
Cites per document	2011	1.674
Cites per document	2012	1.212
Cites per document	2013	1.200
Cites per document	2014	1.259
Cites per document	2015	1.253
Cites per document	2016	1.489
Cites per document	2017	1.149
Cites per document	2018	1.622
Cites per document	2019	1.784
Cites per document	2020	2.168
Cites per document	2021	2.298
Cites per document	2022	2.317
Cites per document	2023	3.051

% 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.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	7.69
2000	0.00
2001	7.41
2002	10.81
2003	3.13
2004	9.68
2005	2.70
2006	10.71
2007	20.00
2008	29.03
2009	13.79
2010	31.03
2011	22.22
2012	10.34
2013	6.90
2014	24.14
2015	16.67
2016	25.00
2017	31.25
2018	21.43
2019	22.86
2020	39.02
2021	26.00
2022	23.91
2023	27.40

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.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	12
Non-citable documents	2000	9
Non-citable documents	2001	13
Non-citable documents	2002	15
Non-citable documents	2003	22
Non-citable documents	2004	19
Non-citable documents	2005	18
Non-citable documents	2006	12
Non-citable documents	2007	12
Non-citable documents	2008	13
Non-citable documents	2009	13
Non-citable documents	2010	11
Non-citable documents	2011	7
Non-citable documents	2012	3
Non-citable documents	2013	2
Non-citable documents	2014	2
Non-citable documents	2015	4
Non-citable documents	2016	4
Non-citable documents	2017	4
Non-citable documents	2018	3
Non-citable documents	2019	2
Non-citable documents	2020	2
Non-citable documents	2021	1
Non-citable documents	2022	1
Non-citable documents	2023	0
Citable documents	1999	80
Citable documents	2000	75
Citable documents	2001	70
Citable documents	2002	66
Citable documents	2003	70
Citable documents	2004	77
Citable documents	2005	82
Citable documents	2006	88
Citable documents	2007	84
Citable documents	2008	82
Citable documents	2009	76
Citable documents	2010	79
Citable documents	2011	82
Citable documents	2012	82
Citable documents	2013	83
Citable documents	2014	83
Citable documents	2015	83
Citable documents	2016	84
Citable documents	2017	83
Citable documents	2018	87
Citable documents	2019	86
Citable documents	2020	93
Citable documents	2021	103
Citable documents	2022	125
Citable documents	2023	137

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.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	75
Uncited documents	2000	69
Uncited documents	2001	63
Uncited documents	2002	64
Uncited documents	2003	58
Uncited documents	2004	80
Uncited documents	2005	76
Uncited documents	2006	72
Uncited documents	2007	61
Uncited documents	2008	57
Uncited documents	2009	34
Uncited documents	2010	40
Uncited documents	2011	40
Uncited documents	2012	38
Uncited documents	2013	38
Uncited documents	2014	36
Uncited documents	2015	42
Uncited documents	2016	34
Uncited documents	2017	38
Uncited documents	2018	32
Uncited documents	2019	27
Uncited documents	2020	22
Uncited documents	2021	22
Uncited documents	2022	23
Uncited documents	2023	21
Cited documents	1999	17
Cited documents	2000	15
Cited documents	2001	20
Cited documents	2002	17
Cited documents	2003	34
Cited documents	2004	16
Cited documents	2005	24
Cited documents	2006	28
Cited documents	2007	35
Cited documents	2008	38
Cited documents	2009	55
Cited documents	2010	50
Cited documents	2011	49
Cited documents	2012	47
Cited documents	2013	47
Cited documents	2014	49
Cited documents	2015	45
Cited documents	2016	54
Cited documents	2017	49
Cited documents	2018	58
Cited documents	2019	61
Cited documents	2020	73
Cited documents	2021	82
Cited documents	2022	103
Cited documents	2023	116