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Washington Quarterly

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1978

ISSN1530-9177

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.923

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

2,770

Total Citationsi

29,107

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Washington Quarterly is a global security affairs journal providing diverse perspectives on strategic changes, trends, and relations. It covers topics such as suicide attacks and their strategic logic, and the role of religion and media in transnational political awakenings.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

Annual Volume~ 37 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,770

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1530-9177

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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

652

2019

793

2020

430

2021

236

2022

207

2023

117

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.

LawQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International RelationsLaw

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Relations and Foreign PolicyGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsNuclear Issues and DefensePolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastInternational Development and AidMilitary and Defense StudiesEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesKorean Peninsula Historical and Political StudiesDefense, Military, and Policy StudiesRussia and Soviet political economy

Frequently asked questions about Washington Quarterly

Is Washington Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Washington Quarterly: 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 Washington Quarterly?

Washington Quarterly 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 1.21.

Is Washington Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Washington Quarterly is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.