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RUSI Journal

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1912

ISSN1744-0378

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.338

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

5,113

Total Citationsi

19,331

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The RUSI Journal is a leading forum for the exchange of ideas on national and international defence and security issues. It examines past, present, and future issues in defense, including security, policy, and war.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1912

Annual Volume~ 64 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications5,113

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1744-0378

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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

915

2019

834

2020

476

2021

230

2022

146

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 RelationsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Political Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Military History and StrategyDefense, Military, and Policy StudiesMilitary and Defense StudiesEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastWorld Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactNuclear Issues and DefenseIntelligence, Security, War Strategy

Frequently asked questions about RUSI Journal

Is RUSI Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for RUSI Journal: 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 RUSI Journal?

RUSI Journal 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 0.58.

Is RUSI Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

RUSI Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.