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Defence Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1470-2436

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.475

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.238

Total Worksi

853

Total Citationsi

5,082

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Defence Studies is a scholarly journal that studies contemporary defence and emergent warfare from theoretical and empirical perspectives. Its scope examines how armed forces engage with conceptual, strategic, and operational challenges.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 44 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications853

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

5/11 · 45%

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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?

1470-2436

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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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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?

N/A

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

395

2019

551

2020

266

2021

439

2022

160

2023

2024

104

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

Scopus Categories

HistoryPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Military History and StrategyDefense, Military, and Policy StudiesInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesMilitary and Defense StudiesPeacebuilding and International SecurityGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceIntelligence, Security, War StrategyPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

Frequently asked questions about Defence Studies

Is Defence Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Defence Studies: it is indexed in 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 Defence Studies?

Defence Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.475.

Is Defence Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Defence Studies is indexed in Scopus.