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Social Policy and Society Template

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About the Social Policy and Society format

Social Policy and Society is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Social Policy and Reform Studies, Employment and Welfare Studies, Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism.

PublisherCambridge University Press
Reference styleNumbered
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Social Policy and Society 12 (2023) 45–58.

Formats any DOI in the closest standard style — Social Policy and Society has no published style definition, so this is an approximation. No sign-up.

Publishes research inSocial Policy and Reform Studies Employment and Welfare Studies Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Healthcare innovation and challenges Homelessness and Social Issues
ISSN1474-7464
Citation impact (2-yr)1.01
h-index71
i10-index680
Total citations26,926
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of York
Journal websitejournals.cambridge.org
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Papers published in Social Policy and Society per year

65
2014
70
2015
64
2016
53
2017
60
2018
53
2019
73
2020
95
2021
76
2022
55
2023
65
2024
77
2025

Citation impact of Social Policy and Society by publication year

1K
2014
1.5K
2015
1.2K
2016
1.2K
2017
892
2018
856
2019
825
2020
1.3K
2021
675
2022
296
2023
113
2024
51
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Social Policy and Society

Realising the Potential of Co-production: Negotiating Improvements in Public Services

Catherine Needham · 29 Feb 2008

The concept of co-production – also called co-creation – is gaining widespread attention as a way to increase user involvement in service provision in the UK. It is usually taken as self-evident that more co-production will improve services. However, it is necessary to be clear about how far and in what ways co-production can improve…

User Involvement in Research and Evaluation: Liberation or Regulation?

Peter Beresford · 28 Mar 2002

This article explores the progressive and regressive potential of ‘user involvement’ in research and evaluation, with particular reference to social policy. There is growing political and research interest in user involvement. This article critically explores key different approaches to user involvement in research and relates them to consumerist and democratic models of involvement in policy…

Social Science and the Evidence-based Policy Movement

Ken Young, Deborah Ashby, Annette Boaz et al. · 24 Jun 2002

There is a growing interest in ‘ evidence-based policy making’ in the UK. However, there remains some confusion about what evidence-based policy making actually means. This paper outlines some of the models used to understand how evidence is thought to shape or inform policy in order to explore the assumptions underlying ‘evidence-based policy making.’ By…

Work–life Balance and Working from Home

Tracey Crosbie, Jeanne Moore · 22 Jun 2004

In recent years, there has been increasing focus on the question of how to balance work and life commitments in both academic and political debates. Homeworking is one initiative that has been promoted as a way of improving the work–life balance. This paper examines the experience of homeworking drawing on a recently completed ESRC study…

The Many Faces of Vulnerability

Kate Brown, Kathryn Ecclestone, Nick Emmel · 1 Feb 2017

Social injustices, structural and personal crises as well as intensifying stress on some citizens seem increasing preoccupations in contemporary society and social policy. In this context, the concept of vulnerability has come to play a prominent role in academic, governmental and everyday accounts of the human condition. Policy makers and practitioners are now concerned with…

Social Policy and Society template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Social Policy and Society format?
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What reference style does Social Policy and Society use?
Social Policy and Society uses Numbered references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Social Policy and Society 12 (2023) 45–58.
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No. DocuGuru generates the null LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Cambridge University Press-ready Social Policy and Society document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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Who publishes Social Policy and Society?
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