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International Politics

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1982

ISSN1740-3898

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

395

days submission → published

measured · last 6 articles · accept 360d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.611

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.038

Total Worksi

1,530

Total Citationsi

16,265

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

International Politics is a journal that publishes scholarship on international relations, focusing on power struggles in international society. Explores a wide range of perspectives on transnational political issues. Encourages lively discussion of current controversies in international politics. Benefits scholars working across the spectrum of academic disciplines. Open to general submissions on a rolling basis, as well as specific thematic special issue proposals.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1982

Annual Volume~ 101 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,530

Publisher OrgPalgrave Macmillan

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1740-3898

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

421

2019

970

2020

2021

535

2022

121

430

2023

238

2024

136

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International RelationsPolitical Science

Scopus Categories

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Relations and Foreign PolicyGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsInternational Development and AidEuropean Union Policy and GovernancePolitical Conflict and GovernancePeacebuilding and International SecurityHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesGlobal Security and Public HealthInternational Law and Human Rights

Frequently asked questions about International Politics

Is International Politics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Politics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of International Politics?

International Politics 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 1.42.

Is International Politics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Politics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.