Dissent

Foundation for the Study of Independent Social Ideas · United States · Est. 1954

ISSN0012-3846eISSN1946-0910

SJR Q4✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.138

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

2,400

Total Citationsi

5,971

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Dissent is a magazine of politics and culture. It publishes articles on politics, culture, and related ideas, aiming to provide analysis and argument on current issues and cultivate the next generation of journalists, critics, and polemicists.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1954

Frequency3 times a year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,400

Publisher OrgUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

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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?

Foundation for the Study of Independent Social Ideas

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0012-3846 / 1946-0910

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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

196

2019

131

209

2020

108

2021

2022

2023

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political ScienceSocial Issues

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political and Economic history of UK and USRace, History, and American SocietyAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsLabor Movements and UnionsPolitical Economy and Marxism

Frequently asked questions about Dissent

Is Dissent a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Dissent: 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 Dissent?

Dissent 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 0.13.

Is Dissent indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Dissent is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.