Social Studies and Social Psychology: does a paper here count for EB-1A and O-1?
Key answer
Journal Social Studies and Social Psychology: tier 1, category "Russia". It fits the authorship criterion if your article is peer-reviewed, substantive and in your field; the tier is a reference assessment, not a USCIS decision.
A paper in Social Studies and Social Psychology goes to the authorship criterion if it is yours and substantive and the journal has reach and indexing: the reputation of Social Studies and Social Psychology carries no weight without your contribution.
The "Authorship" criterion: what USCIS requires and how to meet itOpen the full catalogSimilar (Russia)
- APNI
- International Journal "Issues of Pedagogy"
- International Scientific Journal "Bulletin of Science"
- Electronic Scientific and Practical Journal "Modern Scientific Research and Innovation"
- International Scientific Journal "Current Research"
- International Scientific Journal "Master's Bulletin"
- International Scientific Journal "Innovative Science"
- International Electronic Scientific Journal "Bulletin of Science and Creativity"
Documents and templates from the library
EB-2 NIW exhibit of seven peer-reviewed publicationsTemplate1 page anonymized access on request
Exhibit 14: Peer Review of Conference Papers (NIW)Template1 page anonymized access on request
Exhibit 12.1: Elsevier Book Series Page - Authorship Evidence (NIW)Template1 page anonymized access on request
List of approved peer-reviewed journalsSample1279 pages anonymized access on request
Reference information, not legal advice and not a USCIS decision: the final assessment is the officer's.
Why "Scholarly authorship" gets refused
Accepted in 44% of challenged petitions (86 of 196); not an approval rate.
The venue is not accepted as professional, trade or major media - where it was published is judged separately from the article itself.
All refusal grounds and the sample