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Croatian International Relations Review

Institute for Development and International Relations · Croatia · Est. 1995

ISSN1331-1182

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2022-04-26). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.155

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

202

Total Citationsi

902

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

An interdisciplinary academic journal published in English since 1995 and focuses on political science, sociology, law and economics. Each issue includes scholarly, double-blind peer reviewed articles, and book reviews.

General Information

Country / RegionCroatia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

FrequencyBiannually

StatusActive (last: 2022)

Total Publications202

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Open

OA Since2019

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institute for Development and International Relations

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1331-1182

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer reviewed

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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

111

2015

100

2016

256

2017

147

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

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 RelationsQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Political Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

European Union Policy and GovernanceInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyEuropean Politics and SecurityPost-Soviet Geopolitical DynamicsEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsPeacebuilding and International SecurityEuropean and International Law StudiesBalkan and Eastern European StudiesInternational Development and Aid

Frequently asked questions about Croatian International Relations Review

Is Croatian International Relations Review a predatory journal?

Croatian International Relations Review was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2022-04-26). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Croatian International Relations Review?

Croatian International Relations Review is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.155.

Is Croatian International Relations Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Croatian International Relations Review is indexed in Scopus.