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Journal of Political Marketing

Routledge · United States · Est. 1992

ISSN1537-7857eISSN1537-7865

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.675

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.124

Total Worksi

566

Total Citationsi

8,933

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Political Marketing is a scholarly journal that examines the application of marketing methods to politics. It publishes research in the areas of politics and political communication.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications566

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?

1537-7857 / 1537-7865

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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

367

2019

265

2020

305

2021

154

2022

115

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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

MarketingQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceMarketing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Media and PoliticsElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationMedia Studies and CommunicationPolitical Influence and Corporate StrategiesGender, Feminism, and MediaConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationMedia Influence and PoliticsDigital Marketing and Social MediaSocial and Intergroup PsychologyGender Politics and Representation

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Political Marketing

Is Journal of Political Marketing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Political Marketing: 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 Journal of Political Marketing?

Journal of Political Marketing 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 1.40.

Is Journal of Political Marketing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Political Marketing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.