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Interest Groups and Advocacy

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2012

ISSN2047-7414eISSN2047-7422

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.497

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.682

Total Worksi

343

Total Citationsi

4,647

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Interest Groups & Advocacy is a multidisciplinary journal analyzing the influence of advocacy groups, movements, and lobbying professionals on policy. Offers a broad examination of trends in advocacy across various disciplines. Identifies and analyzes the forces, strategies, and tactics that help determine policy change. Recognizes the widening geographical footprint of advocacy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

FrequencyQuarterly, <2019->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications343

Publisher OrgPalgrave Macmillan

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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?

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2047-7414 / 2047-7422

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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

423

2019

398

2020

198

2021

177

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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Influence and Corporate StrategiesNonprofit Sector and VolunteeringElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationPolicy Transfer and LearningPublic Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Media and PoliticsEuropean Union Policy and GovernanceLabor Movements and UnionsRegulation and Compliance Studies

Frequently asked questions about Interest Groups and Advocacy

Is Interest Groups and Advocacy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Interest Groups and Advocacy: 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 Interest Groups and Advocacy?

Interest Groups and Advocacy 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 0.89.

Is Interest Groups and Advocacy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Interest Groups and Advocacy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.