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Canadian Journal of Political Science

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1968

ISSN1744-9324

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 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

0.754

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.082

Total Worksi

8,398

Total Citationsi

41,470

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish, French

1st Year Published1968

Annual Volume~ 87 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,398

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind 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

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1744-9324

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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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, French

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

103

417

2019

118

2.3k

2020

105

534

2021

312

2022

251

2023

102

2024

114

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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Canadian Identity and HistoryPolitical Systems and GovernanceFrench Urban and Social StudiesElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Sciences and GovernanceAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsCanadian Policy and GovernanceLegal case studies and regulationsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesJudicial and Constitutional Studies

Frequently asked questions about Canadian Journal of Political Science

Is Canadian Journal of Political Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Canadian Journal of Political Science: 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 Canadian Journal of Political Science?

Canadian Journal of Political Science 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 0.60.

Is Canadian Journal of Political Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Canadian Journal of Political Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Canadian Journal of Political Science?