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Military Balance

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1961

ISSN1479-9022

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q4+5

Total5

Journal Impact Factor

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SJR Score

0.103

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CiteScore

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Total Works

940

Total Citations

1,068

2yr Mean Citedness

0.33

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Military Balance is an open-source assessment of military forces, personnel numbers, equipment inventories, and defence economics of over 170 countries. It displays defence statistics, arms orders, military exercises, defence expenditure, and personnel numbers. The journal is an indispensable handbook for analysis of security policy and military affairs.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1961

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications940

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/12 · 42%

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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?

1479-9022

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Political Science and International RelationsQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Political Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesLegal case studies and regulationsDefense, Military, and Policy StudiesEuropean Union Policy and GovernanceLegal Cases and CommentaryHuman Rights and DevelopmentMiddle East and Rwanda ConflictsAfrican cultural and philosophical studiesMilitary and Defense StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation