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Review of Politics

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN0034-6705

SJR Q2✓ 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 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.306

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.284

Total Worksi

7,194

Total Citationsi

25,683

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Review of Politics is a leading journal in the field of political theory and history. It publishes original research on a wide range of topics, including political philosophy, history of political thought, and contemporary political issues.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 87 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications7,194

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer ReviewDouble-blind 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

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0034-6705

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind peer 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

104

214

2019

100

2020

2021

103

2022

2023

2024

107

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

American Constitutional Law and PoliticsPolitical Philosophy and EthicsPolitical Theory and InfluenceSeventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical ThoughtAgriculture and Rural Development Research

Frequently asked questions about Review of Politics

Is Review of Politics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Review of Politics: 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 Review of Politics?

Review of Politics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.306.

Is Review of Politics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Review of Politics is indexed in Scopus.