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Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1998

ISSN1369-8230eISSN1743-8772

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.625

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.161

Total Worksi

1,481

Total Citationsi

18,472

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy explores the intersections between philosophy and public policy in international and domestic affairs. It examines the normative assumptions and implications of current public policy issues and socio-political-legal processes.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyBimonthly, 2014-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,481

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

1369-8230 / 1743-8772

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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

2019

581

2020

634

2021

490

2022

185

2023

129

2024

138

127

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.

PhilosophyQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

PhilosophySociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Philosophy and EthicsPhilosophical Ethics and TheoryWar, Ethics, and JustificationCritical Theory and PhilosophyMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationHannah Arendt's Political PhilosophyGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsPolitical Theology and SovereigntyFree Will and Agency

Frequently asked questions about Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy

Is Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy: 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 Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy?

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 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 0.76.

Is Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.