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Journal of Political Science Education

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1800

ISSN1551-2177

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.348

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.776

Total Worksi

1,015

Total Citationsi

10,600

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Political Science Education publishes research on the scholarship of teaching and learning or pedagogical issues in political science in higher education. It aims to represent a full range of empirical and philosophical questions, issues, and approaches relevant to political science education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including research on teaching methods, pedagogical innovations and techniques, classroom activities, educational assessment, and curriculum development.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1800

Annual Volume~ 54 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,015

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?

1551-2177

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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

109

948

2019

265

2020

181

2021

258

2022

184

2023

136

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 ScienceQ2

EducationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social SciencesEducator Training and Historical PedagogyEvaluation of Teaching PracticesPolitical Science Research and EducationOnline and Blended LearningService-Learning and Community EngagementSocial Media and PoliticsGlobal Education and MulticulturalismInnovations in Educational MethodsHigher Education Research Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Political Science Education

Is Journal of Political Science Education a predatory journal?

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

Journal of Political Science Education 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 0.87.

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

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