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Critical Review

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0891-3811eISSN1933-8007

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.238

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.843

Total Works

1,124

Total Citations

15,919

2yr Mean Citedness

0.90

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Aims & Scope

Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society is a political science journal primarily dedicated to advancing political theory with an epistemological bent. A secondary focus of the journal is on empirical work that is epistemologically informed. Critical Review is the only journal in which the ideational determinants of political behavior are investigated empirically as well as being assessed for their normative implications. Thus, while normative political theorists are the main contributors to Critical Review , we also publish scholarship on the realities of public opinion, the media, technocratic decision making, ideological reasoning, and other empirical phenomena.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications1,124

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewanonymous

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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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7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0891-3811 / 1933-8007

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

anonymous

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2018

2019

2020

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2023

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2025

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary TheoryPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Philosophy and EthicsEconomic Theory and InstitutionsElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationPolitical Economy and MarxismEconomic Theory and Policy