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French Politics

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN1476-3427
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / 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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.558
H-Indexi
33
SNIPi
1.283
Total Worksi
639
Total Citationsi
5,778
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.70
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

French Politics is an international journal that publishes current research on politics, policy, institutions, behavior, etc., in France and Francophone countries. Showcases the full spectrum of cuttingedge research on French/ Francophone politics including, but not limited to, institutions, behavior, public policy, gender and politics, race and ethnicity, political economy, international relations and foreign affairs, public administration, public law and political theory. Focuses on French/Francophone politics research that engages with larger comparative theorybuilding discussions and/or situates country specific studies in larger crossnational/ comparative analyses. Welcomes a variety of methodological perspectives and approaches, quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods as well as interpretivist and critical approaches.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2003
Annual Volume~ 36 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications639
Publisher OrgPalgrave Macmillan
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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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1476-3427
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
27
259
2019
32
298
2020
27
154
2021
31
154
2022
34
132
2023
42
56
2024
32
31
2025
33
1
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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ2
Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Policy and Reform StudiesPopulism, Right-Wing MovementsPolitical Systems and GovernanceEuropean Union Policy and GovernanceMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderEuropean Socioeconomic and Political StudiesGender Politics and RepresentationFrench Urban and Social StudiesHealthcare Systems and Practices

Frequently asked questions about French Politics

Is French Politics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for French 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 French Politics?

French 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 0.70.

Is French Politics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

French Politics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of French Politics?

French Politics is an international journal that publishes current research on politics, policy, institutions, behavior, etc., in France and Francophone countries. Showcases the full spectrum of cuttingedge research on French/ Francophone politics including, but not limited to, institutions, behavior, public policy, gender and politics, race and ethnicity, political economy, international relations and foreign affairs, public administration, public law and political theory. Focuses on French/Francophone politics research that engages with larger comparative theorybuilding discussions and/or si

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref