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European Journal of Political Theory

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2002

ISSN1741-2730

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.874

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.224

Total Worksi

876

Total Citationsi

13,756

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science; Political Science and International Relations; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications876

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1741-2730

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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

589

2019

448

2020

281

2021

360

2022

117

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Philosophy and EthicsPolitical Theory and InfluenceHannah Arendt's Political PhilosophyCritical Theory and PhilosophyAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsSeventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical ThoughtWar, Ethics, and JustificationPolitical Theology and SovereigntyPhilosophical Ethics and TheoryPolitical Economy and Marxism

Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Political Theory

Is European Journal of Political Theory a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Journal of Political Theory: 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 European Journal of Political Theory?

European Journal of Political Theory 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 0.72.

Is European Journal of Political Theory indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Journal of Political Theory is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of European Journal of Political Theory?