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Critical Studies on Terrorism

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2008

ISSN1753-9153eISSN1753-9161

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.005

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.334

Total Worksi

867

Total Citationsi

9,593

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Critical Studies on Terrorism aims to create space for robust, innovative research on terrorism and political violence. The journal encourages intellectual engagement between critical and orthodox accounts of terrorism, with topics including terrorism, law, criminology, politics, and the state.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

FrequencyThree Issues Yearly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications867

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1753-9153 / 1753-9161

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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

677

2019

375

2020

743

2021

675

2022

118

2023

293

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

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Political Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolencePolitical Conflict and GovernanceGlobal Security and Public HealthPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationGender, Security, and ConflictWar, Ethics, and JustificationJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesPeacebuilding and International SecurityMigration, Health and Trauma

Frequently asked questions about Critical Studies on Terrorism

Is Critical Studies on Terrorism a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Critical Studies on Terrorism: 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 Critical Studies on Terrorism?

Critical Studies on Terrorism 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 1.80.

Is Critical Studies on Terrorism indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Critical Studies on Terrorism is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.