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Journal of Peacebuilding and Development

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 2002

ISSN2165-7440

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.339

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.817

Total Worksi

682

Total Citationsi

5,226

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.45

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: International Relations; Political Science; Political Science and International Relations; Safety Research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyThree Times A Year, 2011-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications682

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2165-7440

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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?

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

209

2019

446

2020

185

2021

197

2022

106

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Safety ResearchQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International RelationsPolitical Science

Scopus Categories

Safety ResearchPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Peacebuilding and International SecurityInternational Development and AidPolitical Conflict and GovernanceGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle EastPeace and Human Rights EducationReligion, Society, and DevelopmentGender, Security, and ConflictTransboundary Water Resource ManagementCambodian History and Society

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Peacebuilding and Development

Is Journal of Peacebuilding and Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Peacebuilding and Development: 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 Journal of Peacebuilding and Development?

Journal of Peacebuilding and Development 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 0.45.

Is Journal of Peacebuilding and Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Peacebuilding and Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Peacebuilding and Development?