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Foreign Affairs

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. · United States

ISSN0015-7120

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.642

H-Index

341

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Works

19,471

Total Citations

737,007

2yr Mean Citedness

0.00

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Aims & Scope

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

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency6 No. A Year, 1994-

StatusActive

Total Publications19,471

Publisher OrgCouncil on Foreign Relations

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer ReviewEditorial Review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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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?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2014

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2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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