VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations

Voluntas, the official journal of the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR), is an interdisciplinary journal that provides a central forum for worldwide research in the area between the state, market, and household sectors. The journal publishes full-length articles and book reviews.

Voluntas is essential reading for all those engaged in research on the Third Sector (voluntary and nonprofit organizations) including economists, lawyers, political scientists, psychologists, sociologists, and social and public policy analysts. It presents leading-edge academic argument around civil society issues in a style that is accessible to practitioners and policymakers.

2-Year Impact Factor: 2.4 (2022)

5-Year Impact Factor: 2.6 (2022)

16 out of 44 on the Social Issues list

SCImago Journal and Country Rank (SJR) 2022:  0.898

136 out to 436 Business and International Management list

173 out of 473 Strategy and Management list

57 out of 213 Public Administration list

201 out of 1415 Sociology and Political Science list

SJR is a measure of the journal's relative impact in its field, based on its number of citations and number of articles per publication year.

Source Normalised Impact per Paper (SNIP) 2022: 1.709

The SNIP measures contextual citation impact by weighting citations based on the total number of citations in a subject field. The impact of a single citation is given higher value in subject areas where citations are less likely, and vice versa.

CiteScore 2022: 4.3

Voluntas is committed to the principles enshrined in Springer Nature's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) strategy. 
 

• An international forum for research in the areas between state, market, and household sectors
• Presents leading-edge academic argument around civil society issues
• Offers a style that is accessible to practitioners and policymakers
• Official journal of the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR)
• Voluntas has a grade of B from the German Association for Business Research. For more information, visit: www.v-h-b.de  and click on Service.