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Polis. Political Studies

Editorial Board Polis (Political Studies) · Russian Federation

ISSN1026-9487eISSN1684-0070

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.266

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.792

Total Worksi

1,563

Total Citationsi

3,094

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science; Cultural Studies; History; Political Science and International Relations; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionRussian Federation

Primary LanguageRussian

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 74 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,563

Publisher OrgPolitical Studies

Visit Journal Website

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Editorial Board Polis (Political Studies)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1026-9487 / 1684-0070

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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?

Russian

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

354

2019

402

2020

257

2021

213

2022

166

2023

130

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

HistoryQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal and Regulatory AnalysisMilitary Technology and StrategiesLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSociopolitical Dynamics in RussiaSecurity, Politics, and Digital TransformationGlobal Political and Economic RelationsRegional Socio-Economic Development TrendsInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyLegal and Policy IssuesArctic and Russian Policy Studies

Frequently asked questions about Polis. Political Studies

Is Polis. Political Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Polis. Political 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 Polis. Political Studies?

Polis. Political 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.74.

Is Polis. Political Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Polis. Political Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Polis. Political Studies?