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South European Society and Politics

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1360-8746eISSN1743-9612

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.241

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.731

Total Worksi

956

Total Citationsi

22,372

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science; Social Issues; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyThree Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications956

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1360-8746 / 1743-9612

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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?

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

580

2019

750

2020

452

2021

545

2022

125

2023

100

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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political ScienceSocial Issues

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Policy and Reform StudiesEuropean Union Policy and GovernancePopulism, Right-Wing MovementsElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationTurkey's Politics and SocietyPolitical Systems and GovernanceContemporary and Historical Greek StudiesItalian Fascism and Post-war SocietyEmployment and Welfare StudiesCyprus History, Politics, Society

Frequently asked questions about South European Society and Politics

Is South European Society and Politics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for South European Society and Politics: 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 South European Society and Politics?

South European Society and Politics 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 2.13.

Is South European Society and Politics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

South European Society and Politics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of South European Society and Politics?