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Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy

Mary Ann Liebert Inc. · United States · Est. 2002

ISSN1557-8062

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.938

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.567

Total Worksi

986

Total Citationsi

7,335

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications986

Publisher OrgMary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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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?

Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1557-8062

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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

261

2019

654

2020

259

2021

118

2022

164

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.

LawQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

LawPolitical Science

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Judicial and Constitutional StudiesLaw, Rights, and FreedomsElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationLegal and Constitutional StudiesLegal Systems and Judicial ProcessesSocial Media and PoliticsAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsPolitical Influence and Corporate StrategiesInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingFiscal Policies and Political Economy

Frequently asked questions about Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy

Is Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy: 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 Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy?

Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy 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 1.24.

Is Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy?