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Civil Wars

Routledge · United States · Est. 1998

ISSN1369-8249eISSN1743-968X

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

436

days submission → published

measured · last 10 articles · accept 337d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.497

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.778

Total Worksi

902

Total Citationsi

11,044

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Civil Wars is an academic journal that publishes in the area(s) of Politics and the Spanish Civil War.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

Annual Volume~ 46 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications902

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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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?

1369-8249 / 1743-968X

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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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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

543

2019

313

2020

296

2021

120

2022

283

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.

HistoryQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

HistoryPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Conflict and GovernancePeacebuilding and International SecurityGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringInternational Development and AidGender, Security, and Conflict

Frequently asked questions about Civil Wars

Is Civil Wars a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Civil Wars: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Civil Wars?

Civil Wars 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 0.89.

Is Civil Wars indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Civil Wars is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.