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Osteuropa

Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag · Germany

ISSN0030-6428eISSN2509-3444

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.145

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.656

Total Worksi

1,075

Total Citationsi

350

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageGerman

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 100 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,075

Publisher OrgBerliner Wissenschafts-Verlag

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0030-6428 / 2509-3444

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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?

German

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

103

2019

102

2020

2021

127

2022

2023

2024

111

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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

German History and SocietyEuropean history and politicsEastern European Communism and ReformsGerman legal, social, and political studiesEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesHistorical Geopolitical and Social DynamicsMemory, History, Trauma, IdentityEuropean Politics and SecurityPublic Administration and Political AnalysisGerman Literature and Culture Studies

Frequently asked questions about Osteuropa

Is Osteuropa a predatory journal?

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

Osteuropa 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 0.04.

Is Osteuropa indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Osteuropa is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Osteuropa?