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Constitutional Political Economy

Springer New York · United States · Est. 1990

ISSN1572-9966
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.27
H-Indexi
51
SNIPi
0.951
Total Worksi
891
Total Citationsi
12,722
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.85
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Constitutional analysis is the main focuses of the journal, but it also includes research on public policy, legal institutions, norms, and methodological issues. Constitutional Political Economy is a forum for research in the broad field of constitutional analysis. Its grounding discipline is economics, but the systematic study of institutions requires consideration of economic, political, legal, and philosophical motivations, rules, and effects. As a consequence, the journal is interdisciplinary and includes research from a variety of perspectives.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1990
Frequencyquarterly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications891
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer New York
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1572-9966
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
25
127
2019
30
318
2020
31
215
2021
25
108
2022
46
97
2023
30
57
2024
39
30
2025
25
4
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.

LawQ2
PhilosophyQ2
Economics and EconometricsQ3
Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

LawPhilosophySociology and Political ScienceEconomics and Econometrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Economic Theory and InstitutionsElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationJudicial and Constitutional StudiesLocal Government Finance and DecentralizationFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsLegal and Constitutional StudiesAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsFiscal Policies and Political EconomyGame Theory and Voting Systems

Frequently asked questions about Constitutional Political Economy

Is Constitutional Political Economy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Constitutional Political Economy: 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 Constitutional Political Economy?

Constitutional Political Economy 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 0.85.

Is Constitutional Political Economy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Constitutional Political Economy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Constitutional Political Economy?

Constitutional analysis is the main focuses of the journal, but it also includes research on public policy, legal institutions, norms, and methodological issues. Constitutional Political Economy is a forum for research in the broad field of constitutional analysis. Its grounding discipline is economics, but the systematic study of institutions requires consideration of economic, political, legal, and philosophical motivations, rules, and effects. As a consequence, the journal is interdisciplinary and includes research from a variety of perspectives.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref