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Revista de Ciencia Politica

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile · Chile

ISSN0716-1417

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Removed from DOAJ (2017-03-14). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.673

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.29

Total Worksi

715

Total Citationsi

8,410

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionChile

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications715

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

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?

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0716-1417

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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

174

2018

258

2019

291

2020

184

2021

128

2022

2023

2024

2025

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 RelationsQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Public Policy and GovernancePolitics and Society in Latin AmericaPolitical and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin AmericaPolitical Theory and DemocracyInternational Relations in Latin AmericaLatin American socio-political dynamicsPolitical Dynamics in Latin AmericaComparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesCultural and political discourse analysisHistory and Politics in Latin America

Frequently asked questions about Revista de Ciencia Politica

Is Revista de Ciencia Politica a predatory journal?

Revista de Ciencia Politica was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-03-14). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Revista de Ciencia Politica?

Revista de Ciencia Politica is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.673.

Is Revista de Ciencia Politica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Revista de Ciencia Politica is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Revista de Ciencia Politica?