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Politics and Governance

Cogitatio Press · Portugal · Est. 2013

ISSN2183-2463eISSN2183-2463

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.728

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.008

Total Worksi

1,376

Total Citationsi

19,587

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Politics and Governance is an innovative offering to the world of online publishing in the Political Sciences. An internationally peer-reviewed open access journal, Politics and Governance publishes significant, cutting-edge and multidisciplinary research drawn from all areas of Political Science. Its central aim is thereby to enhance the broad scholarly understanding of the range of contemporary political and governing processes, and impact upon of states, political entities, international organizations, communities, societies and individuals, at international, regional, national and local levels. Submissions that focus upon the political or governance-based dynamics of any of these levels or units of analysis in way that interestingly and effectively brings together conceptual analysis and empirical findings are welcome. Politics and Governance is committed to publishing rigorous and high-quality research. To that end, it undertakes a meticulous editorial process, providing both the academic and policy-making community with the most advanced research on contemporary politics and governance. The journal is an entirely open-access online resource, and its in-house publication process enables it to swiftly disseminate its research findings worldwide, and on a regular basis.

General Information

Country / RegionPortugal

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 161 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,376

Publisher OrgCogitatio

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~16 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cogitatio Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2183-2463 / 2183-2463

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

PKP PN

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

108

2019

162

3.2k

2020

169

3.4k

2021

137

1.5k

2022

162

1.2k

2023

146

824

2024

174

328

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 ScienceQ1

Public AdministrationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

European Union Policy and GovernanceElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationPopulism, Right-Wing MovementsSocial Media and PoliticsPolitical Influence and Corporate StrategiesSocial Policy and Reform StudiesGender Politics and RepresentationInternational Development and AidSustainability and Climate Change GovernanceInternational Relations and Foreign Policy

Frequently asked questions about Politics and Governance

Is Politics and Governance a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Politics and Governance: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Politics and Governance?

Politics and Governance 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 2.66.

Is Politics and Governance indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Politics and Governance is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.