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U.S. Army War College · United States

ISSN0031-1723

SJR Q1✓ 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. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.296

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.718

Total Worksi

2,723

Total Citationsi

12,860

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; History; Political Science and International Relations; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science; Safety Research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly, 1977-

StatusActive

Total Publications2,723

Publisher OrgUnited States Army War College

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

U.S. Army War College

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0031-1723

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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

2019

2020

144

2021

210

2022

103

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

HistoryQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Safety ResearchQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistorySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Cultural StudiesSafety ResearchPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Military History and StrategyMilitary and Defense StudiesEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesDefense, Military, and Policy StudiesInternational Relations and Foreign Policy

Frequently asked questions about Parameters

Is Parameters a predatory journal?

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

Parameters is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.296.

Is Parameters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Parameters is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Parameters?