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Foreign Affairs

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. · United States

ISSN0015-7120

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.763

H-Indexi

341

Total Worksi

19,471

Total Citationsi

737,007

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Foreign Affairs is the leading magazine of record for those who need to understand the most important global developments.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency6 No. A Year, 1994-

StatusActive

Total Publications19,471

Publisher OrgCouncil on Foreign Relations

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer ReviewEditorial Review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0015-7120

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Editorial Review

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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

533

2.5k

2014

731

2.6k

2015

933

4.9k

2016

729

610

2017

417

774

2018

107

397

2019

139

2020

2021

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International Relations

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Peace and Security DynamicsInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesInternational Development and AidRussia and Soviet political economy

Frequently asked questions about Foreign Affairs

Is Foreign Affairs a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Foreign Affairs: 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 Foreign Affairs?

Foreign Affairs 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.

Is Foreign Affairs indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Foreign Affairs is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Foreign Affairs?