Nonprofit Policy Forum Impact Factor 2026: 1.26

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At a glanceNonprofit Policy Forum is listed in ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024. Published by De Gruyter, it has 484 published works, cited 3,040 times (h-index 26). Its impact factor* of 1.26 ranks it 63 of 96 in Public Administration. It is a fully open access journal listed in DOAJ, with no article fee listed. 25% of its recent research articles name a funder, most often Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research. It has 1 retraction on record. Papers by ScholarsColab mentors and the researchers we track appear here as soon as they publish in it. Data updated 22 October 2026.

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Impact factor*1.26Rank 63 of 96 in Public Administration IndexingESCIScopusJCR 2024Confirm on the official lists before you submit Retractions1On record, with the reasons and years

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01Impact factor

Impact factor of Nonprofit Policy Forum (2026)

Impact factor (2-year)1.26calculated by ScholarsColab

Rank in category#63of 96 by citedness

h-index26

Papers published484cited 3,040 times

The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Nonprofit Policy Forum published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, calculated by ScholarsColab. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.

Rank in its subject categories

Public Administrationrank 63 of 96 journals

Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.

Quartile of Nonprofit Policy Forum

A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Nonprofit Policy Forum is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.

Citations and papers per year

Citations per year

Papers per year

Open access (listed in DOAJ).

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02Retractions

Retractions and research integrity at Nonprofit Policy Forum

Retractions, last 10 years11 in all years

Per 1,000 papers3.9of 255 papers in 10 years

Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):

Error in Text1

Nonprofit Policy Forum has 1 retracted paper on record, the latest in Mar 2018. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.

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03Funders

Who funds research published in Nonprofit Policy Forum

Articles naming a funder25%of 81 recent articles

Funders named most often

Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research1

Schmidt Futures1

The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation1

Okta for Good1

The Skoll Foundation1

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Based on up to 200 research articles this journal published in the last 24 months. Not every article lists its funders, so the share can be lower than the real one. Updated: 29 October 2026.

04Indexing

Indexing of Nonprofit Policy Forum

List	Status
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	Not listed
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)	Not listed
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)	Not listed
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)	✓ Listed
Scopus	✓ Listed
Journal Citation Reports 2024	✓ Listed

ISSN: 2154-3348
eISSN: 2194-6035
Publisher: De Gruyter all its journals →
Subjects: Public Administration

From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor on this page is calculated by ScholarsColab (see how the impact factor works).

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05How to submit

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06Reviewer comments

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07Same subject

Public Administration journals with a similar impact factor*

The journals next to Nonprofit Policy Forum when the 90 journals of Public Administration in our data are ranked by impact factor*:

Rank	Journal	Impact factor*	Indexing	Open access
59	Nonprofit Management and Leadership	1.60	SSCI	Subscription
60	Canadian Public Administration	1.43	SSCI	Subscription
61	Canadian Public Policy	1.39	SSCI	Subscription
62	Human Services Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	1.33	SSCI	Subscription
64	Contemporary Economic Policy	1.26	SSCI	Subscription
65	Public Administration Issues	1.26	ESCI	Some open access
66	Civil Szemle	1.14	SSCI	Fully open access
67	Revista de Gestión Pública	1.08	ESCI	Some open access

*Impact factor calculated by ScholarsColab (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.

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08Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is the impact factor of Nonprofit Policy Forum?

Based on ScholarsColab citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Nonprofit Policy Forum is 1.26: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 1.26 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.

What is the h-index of Nonprofit Policy Forum?

The h-index of Nonprofit Policy Forum is 26 (October 2026): 26 of its papers have each been cited at least 26 times. Its i10-index is 100.

What is the quartile of Nonprofit Policy Forum?

Is Nonprofit Policy Forum indexed in Scopus?

Yes. Nonprofit Policy Forum appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Nonprofit Policy Forum an SCIE journal?

Nonprofit Policy Forum is listed in ESCI of the Web of Science Core Collection, but not in SCIE, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Nonprofit Policy Forum in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?

Yes. Nonprofit Policy Forum is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.

Does Nonprofit Policy Forum offer an APC waiver?

Nonprofit Policy Forum follows the policy of De Gruyter Brill: automatic 80% discount for World Bank low-income and 30% for lower-middle income countries. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.

Has Nonprofit Policy Forum retracted papers?

Yes. 1 retracted paper are on record for Nonprofit Policy Forum, 1 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are error in text. A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.

Who funds research published in Nonprofit Policy Forum?

25% of 81 recent research articles in Nonprofit Policy Forum name a funder; the funders named most often are Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, Schmidt Futures, The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.