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POLIS

Universitet Europian i Tiranës · Albania · Est. 2019

ISSN2223-8174eISSN2522-6126

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

127

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Polis publishes pioneering research in the field of humanities and social sciences with a particular focus on developing economies and emerging democracies. The Journal has a keen interest in the fields of political science, history, law, international relations, communication, and public policy. Polis encourages young scholars and late stage PhD candidates to submit articles for publication.

General Information

Country / RegionAlbania

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

Frequencytwice a year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications127

OA Since2016

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universitet Europian i Tiranës

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2223-8174 / 2522-6126

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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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

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

2019

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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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Balkans: History, Politics, SocietyEuropean Politics and SecurityChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentMedia Studies and CommunicationEuropean Union Policy and GovernanceTurkey's Politics and SocietyChild Development and Digital TechnologyAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchPublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationGlobal Education and Multiculturalism

Frequently asked questions about POLIS

Is POLIS a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for POLIS: it is indexed in DOAJ, 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 POLIS?

POLIS is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.07.

Is POLIS indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

POLIS is indexed in DOAJ.