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India Quarterly

Indian Council of World Affairs · India

ISSN0975-2684

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q3+12

Total22

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

0.222

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.745

Total Works

4,345

Total Citations

5,206

2yr Mean Citedness

0.67

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on international relations, with a particular emphasis on India's foreign policy, strategic doctrines, and its relationships with major global powers like China and the United States. It examines India's security challenges, energy security, and its role in evolving global and regional dynamics, including the Arctic and the Indo-Pacific. The journal also explores broader themes of global order transformation, the rise of the Global South, and the impact of historical and political transformations in other regions on international affairs.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 51 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications4,345

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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Review Time—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Indian Council of World Affairs

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0975-2684

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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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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

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International Relations

Scopus Categories

Political Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Indian Economic and Social DevelopmentPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastSouth Asian Studies and ConflictsAsian Geopolitics and EthnographySoutheast Asian Sociopolitical Studies