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European Security

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1984

ISSN1746-1545

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.669

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.298

Total Worksi

1,380

Total Citationsi

14,754

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Area Studies; International Relations; Political Science; Political Science and International Relations.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

Annual Volume~ 40 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,380

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1746-1545

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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

523

2019

548

2020

580

2021

944

2022

392

2023

230

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area StudiesInternational RelationsPolitical Science

Scopus Categories

Political Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

European Union Policy and GovernanceInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesPost-Soviet Geopolitical DynamicsPeacebuilding and International SecurityGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsEuropean Politics and SecurityDefense, Military, and Policy StudiesGlobal Security and Public HealthHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about European Security

Is European Security a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Security: 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 Security?

European Security 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 2.36.

Is European Security indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Security is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of European Security?