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Cooperation and Conflict

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0010-8367eISSN1460-3691

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.078

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.802

Total Worksi

1,698

Total Citationsi

25,027

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: International Relations; Political Science; Development; Political Science and International Relations; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly, 1967-

StatusActive

Total Publications1,698

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0010-8367 / 1460-3691

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

626

2019

642

2020

446

2021

341

2022

327

2023

249

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

DevelopmentQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Strategy and ManagementQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International RelationsPolitical Science

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Strategy and ManagementDevelopmentPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Relations and Foreign PolicyEuropean Union Policy and GovernancePeacebuilding and International SecurityGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsPolitical Conflict and Governance

Frequently asked questions about Cooperation and Conflict

Is Cooperation and Conflict a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cooperation and Conflict: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Cooperation and Conflict?

Cooperation and Conflict is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.25.

Is Cooperation and Conflict indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cooperation and Conflict is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Cooperation and Conflict?