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A Contrario

Editions Antipodes · Switzerland · Est. 2003

ISSN1660-7880

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.102

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

537

Total Citationsi

684

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

A Contrario aims to support the implementation of disciplinary emancipation in the social sciences. It publishes contributions that combine fields such as political sociology, political economy, international relations, the sociology of literature, and discourse analysis.

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General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications537

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Editions Antipodes

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1660-7880

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

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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.

Cultural StudiesQ4

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Political Science and International RelationsQ4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisFrench Urban and Social StudiesMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderCultural Insights and Digital ImpactsEducation, sociology, and vocational trainingMiddle East Politics and SocietyHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisDiverse Cultural and Historical StudiesJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesMiddle East and Rwanda Conflicts

Frequently asked questions about A Contrario

Is A Contrario a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for A Contrario: it is indexed in 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 A Contrario?

A Contrario is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.102.

Is A Contrario indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

A Contrario is indexed in Scopus.