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Connections

Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes · Germany · Est. 2002

ISSN1812-1098

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.244

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.101

Total Worksi

1,288

Total Citationsi

2,986

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Connections accepts original manuscripts in the range of 4,000 to 7,000 words, written in a lucid style for a target audience of informed defense and security affairs practitioners and academics.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish, Russian

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,288

Publisher OrgProcon Ltd.

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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

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1812-1098

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English, Russian

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

2019

340

2020

2021

2022

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.

LawQ2

Computer Networks and CommunicationsQ3

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Safety ResearchQ3

Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawComputer Networks and CommunicationsSafety ResearchPolitical Science and International RelationsSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal and Regulatory AnalysisMilitary Technology and StrategiesLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesPost-Soviet Geopolitical DynamicsMilitary and Defense StudiesTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsDefense, Military, and Policy StudiesMilitary History and Strategy

Frequently asked questions about Connections

Is Connections a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Connections: it is indexed in 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 Connections?

Connections is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.244.

Is Connections indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Connections is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Connections?