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COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST STUDIES

UNIV CALIFORNIA PRESS · US

ISSN0967-067XeISSN1873-6920

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 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

0.42

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.792

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 39 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Submission Info

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?

UNIV CALIFORNIA PRESS

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0967-067X / 1873-6920

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

285

2019

345

2020

144

2021

235

2022

123

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.

DevelopmentQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International RelationsPolitical Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Eastern European Communism and ReformsPolitical Conflict and GovernanceElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationRussia and Soviet political economySoviet and Russian HistoryPost-Soviet Geopolitical DynamicsHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringInternational Relations and Foreign Policy

Frequently asked questions about COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST STUDIES

Is COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST STUDIES a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST STUDIES: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST STUDIES?

COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST STUDIES is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST STUDIES indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST STUDIES is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST STUDIES?