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Journal of Politics

University of Chicago Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1939

ISSN1468-2508

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

3.492

H-Indexi

240

SNIPi

2.429

Total Worksi

12,567

Total Citationsi

294,444

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Politics publishes scholarship across all subfields of political science, including American politics, comparative politics, international relations, political theory, and political methodology. It welcomes papers using any methodological approach appropriate to the research question.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1939

Annual Volume~ 176 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications12,567

Publisher OrgUniversity of Chicago Press

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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?

University of Chicago Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1468-2508

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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

204

8.4k

2019

167

5.3k

2020

170

5.1k

2021

2.1k

2022

140

1.6k

2023

212

1.1k

2024

176

227

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 Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsReligion and Society InteractionsPolitical Systems and GovernancePolitical Influence and Corporate StrategiesJudicial and Constitutional StudiesPolitical Theory and InfluenceSocial Media and PoliticsPolitical Philosophy and EthicsPolitical Conflict and Governance

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Politics

Is Journal of Politics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of 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 Journal of Politics?

Journal of 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 2.29.

Is Journal of Politics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Politics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.