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Foreign Policy

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · United States

ISSN0015-7228

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.103

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

3,022

Total Citationsi

32,131

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science and International Relations; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 10 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,022

Publisher OrgSlate Group

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0015-7228

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

2014

2015

403

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2024

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 RelationsQ4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Peace and Security DynamicsInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyInternational Development and AidEducational Leadership and PracticesRussia and Soviet political economyAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsMagnetic confinement fusion researchJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastIntelligence, Security, War Strategy

Frequently asked questions about Foreign Policy

Is Foreign Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Foreign Policy: it is indexed in 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 Policy?

Foreign Policy is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.103.

Is Foreign Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Foreign Policy is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Foreign Policy?