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Global Change, Peace and Security

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2000

ISSN1478-1158eISSN1478-1166

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.223

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.021

Total Worksi

659

Total Citationsi

7,500

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Global Change, Peace & Security explores the interplay between global changes, conflict, and peacebuilding efforts. It aims to contribute to a scholarly dialogue on the nature, origins, and remedies of the contemporary human predicament, incorporating diverse global perspectives. The journal addresses practical and theoretical questions posed by a rapidly globalizing world and the globalization of insecurity.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 19 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications659

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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

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?

1478-1158 / 1478-1166

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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

341

2019

325

2020

105

2021

2022

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Peacebuilding and International SecurityGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyInternational Development and AidPolitical Conflict and GovernancePolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastNuclear Issues and DefenseTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceGlobal Security and Public HealthMiddle East and Rwanda Conflicts

Frequently asked questions about Global Change, Peace and Security

Is Global Change, Peace and Security a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Change, Peace and Security: 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 Global Change, Peace and Security?

Global Change, Peace and Security 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 0.30.

Is Global Change, Peace and Security indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Change, Peace and Security is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.