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Information Polity

SAGE Publications Ltd · Netherlands · Est. 1995

ISSN1875-8754

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.509

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.657

Total Worksi

865

Total Citationsi

15,739

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Information Science & Library Science; Communication; Geography, Planning and Development; Information Systems; Public Administration; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

Annual Volume~ 34 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications865

Publisher OrgIOS Press

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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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1875-8754

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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

832

2019

704

2020

374

2021

381

2022

158

2023

153

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.

CommunicationQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Information SystemsQ2

Public AdministrationQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Information Science & Library Science

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsSociology and Political ScienceGeography, Planning and DevelopmentCommunicationPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

E-Government and Public ServicesSocial Media and PoliticsPublic Policy and Administration ResearchPrivacy, Security, and Data ProtectionICT Impact and PoliciesSmart Cities and TechnologiesInformation Systems Theories and ImplementationInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social DevelopmentInformation Technology Governance and Strategy

Frequently asked questions about Information Polity

Is Information Polity a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Information Polity: 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 Information Polity?

Information Polity 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 1.50.

Is Information Polity indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Information Polity is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Information Polity?