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Nonproliferation Review

Routledge · United Kingdom

ISSN1073-6700

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.4

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,255

Total Citationsi

6,963

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Nonproliferation Review is a refereed journal concerned with the causes, consequences, and control of the spread of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. It publishes research related to Social Sciences, featuring case studies, theoretical analyses, historical studies, reports, viewpoints, and book reviews on issues such as state-run weapons programs, treaties and export controls, safeguards, verification, and compliance.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,255

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1073-6700

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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.

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

202

2019

160

2020

2021

2022

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Political Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nuclear Issues and DefenseInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyNuclear and radioactivity studiesEconomic Sanctions and International RelationsGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Nonproliferation Review

Is Nonproliferation Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nonproliferation Review: it is indexed in 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 Nonproliferation Review?

Nonproliferation Review is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.4.

Is Nonproliferation Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nonproliferation Review is indexed in Scopus.