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World Affairs

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1937

ISSN1940-1582

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

0.298

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.622

Total Worksi

821

Total Citationsi

2,539

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1937

Annual Volume~ 59 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications821

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1940-1582

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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

156

2019

280

2020

199

2021

225

2022

190

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Relations and Foreign PolicyGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsInternational Development and AidPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastPolitical Conflict and GovernanceJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceEconomic Growth and DevelopmentMilitary History and StrategyPost-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about World Affairs

Is World Affairs a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for World Affairs: 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 World Affairs?

World Affairs is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.298.

Is World Affairs indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

World Affairs is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of World Affairs?