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Comparative Strategy

Routledge · United Kingdom

ISSN0149-5933

SJR Q3✓ 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 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.262

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,733

Total Citationsi

6,290

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Comparative Strategy draws on historical perspectives and strategic insights from leading international defense analysts and subject-matter experts to provide a framework for considering critical security issues. The journal aims to revitalize thinking behind basic assumptions within Western foreign and defense policymaking and defense-planning.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 51 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,733

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0149-5933

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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

449

2019

381

2020

218

2021

158

2022

2023

129

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Political Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Relations and Foreign PolicyNuclear Issues and DefenseEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesMilitary History and StrategyDefense, Military, and Policy Studies

Frequently asked questions about Comparative Strategy

Is Comparative Strategy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Comparative Strategy: 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 Comparative Strategy?

Comparative Strategy is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.262.

Is Comparative Strategy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Comparative Strategy is indexed in Scopus.