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Party Politics

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1995

ISSN1354-0688eISSN1460-3683

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

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

2.186

H-Index

123

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SNIP

2.332

Total Works

2,522

Total Citations

77,593

2yr Mean Citedness

1.11

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on the analysis of political parties, including their internal organization, candidate selection processes, and their role in shaping party systems and policy outcomes. It examines how parties respond to public opinion, ideological shifts, and external events like refugee crises and pandemics, often using quantitative and comparative methods across different democratic contexts.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

FrequencyBimonthly, 2001-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,522

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

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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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1354-0688 / 1460-3683

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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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationPopulism, Right-Wing MovementsPolitical Influence and Corporate StrategiesSocial Media and PoliticsSocial Policy and Reform StudiesGender Politics and RepresentationPolitical Conflict and GovernanceEuropean Union Policy and GovernancePolitical Systems and GovernancePolitics and Society in Latin America