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Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Springer Verlag · Germany · Est. 2007

ISSN1865-2646eISSN1865-2654
SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR
78
/ 100
High Trust
PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals
Score Breakdown
◆ Scopus Q266
✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12
Total78
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⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
Publication speed: not measurable
publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate
Q2
SJR Rank
Top 50% in field
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei
0.35
H-Indexi
31
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIPi
0.626
Total Worksi
627
Total Citationsi
4,194
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.28
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The German Journal of Comparative Politics – Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft ( ZfVP ) publishes bilingual, innovative research findings in the field of comparative politics and covers the full breadth of comparative research. Conceptual, methodological, and empirical studies in comparative politics are all welcome. Collections focus on key themes in comparative research; proposals for topics from the scholarly community are encouraged. Committed to high quality standards, all articles undergo a double-blind peer-review process.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany
Primary LanguageEnglish, German
1st Year Published2007
Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications627
Publisher OrgSpringer VS
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer-review
Review Time—
Acceptance Rate—
OA License—
OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/12 · 58%
✅
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Verlag
✅
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
1865-2646 / 1865-2654
✅
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
✅
Peer review process documented?
double-blind peer-review
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
❌
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
❌
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
❌
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
✅
Primary language documented?
English, German

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
31
165
2019
32
224
2020
35
423
2021
36
162
2022
41
105
2023
27
65
2024
36
44
2025
7
0
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 ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationPopulism, Right-Wing MovementsPublic Administration and Political AnalysisSocial Policy and Reform StudiesPolitical Influence and Corporate StrategiesEuropean Union Policy and GovernancePolitical Conflict and GovernanceGerman legal, social, and political studiesEconomic and Social IssuesQualitative Comparative Analysis Research

Frequently asked questions about Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Is Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 78/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft?

Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft 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 1.28.

Is Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft?

The German Journal of Comparative Politics – Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft ( ZfVP ) publishes bilingual, innovative research findings in the field of comparative politics and covers the full breadth of comparative research. Conceptual, methodological, and empirical studies in comparative politics are all welcome. Collections focus on key themes in comparative research; proposals for topics from the scholarly community are encouraged. Committed to high quality standards, all articles undergo a double-blind peer-review process.

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