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Defense and Security Analysis

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1998

ISSN1475-1798eISSN1475-1801

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.45

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

932

Total Citationsi

4,137

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Defense and Security Analysis is an independent, interdisciplinary, and international journal mainly concerned with the field of defense theory and analysis. It publishes research related to Social Sciences.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

Annual Volume~ 49 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications932

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?

1475-1798 / 1475-1801

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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

470

2019

237

2020

138

2021

2022

266

2023

108

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International Relations

Scopus Categories

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Defense, Military, and Policy StudiesMilitary History and StrategyEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesMilitary and Defense StudiesNuclear Issues and DefenseInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolencePolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastMilitary Strategy and Technology

Frequently asked questions about Defense and Security Analysis

Is Defense and Security Analysis a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Defense and Security Analysis: 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 Defense and Security Analysis?

Defense and Security Analysis 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 1.14.

Is Defense and Security Analysis indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Defense and Security Analysis is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.