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Politics and the Life Sciences

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN1471-5457

SJR Q2✓ 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 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.481

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.744

Total Worksi

2,345

Total Citationsi

8,398

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.82

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Politics and the Life Sciences is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes research on the intersection of politics and the life sciences. It covers a wide range of topics, including bioethics, environmental policy, public health, and the social and political implications of scientific and technological advancements.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,345

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind 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

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1471-5457

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind peer review

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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

227

2019

162

2020

294

2021

125

2022

102

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.

Public AdministrationQ2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Public Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationSAS software applications and methodsLegal case studies and regulationsBacillus and Francisella bacterial researchEvolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorReproductive Health and TechnologiesBiomedical Ethics and RegulationRace, Genetics, and SocietyPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Frequently asked questions about Politics and the Life Sciences

Is Politics and the Life Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Politics and the Life Sciences: 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 Politics and the Life Sciences?

Politics and the Life Sciences is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.481.

Is Politics and the Life Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Politics and the Life Sciences is indexed in Scopus.