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Contemporary Italian Politics

Routledge · United States · Est. 2009

ISSN2324-8823eISSN2324-8831

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.706

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.11

Total Worksi

571

Total Citationsi

4,127

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.37

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science; Political Science and International Relations; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 53 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications571

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2324-8823 / 2324-8831

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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

538

2019

518

2020

516

2021

309

2022

201

2023

130

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 RelationsQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political Science

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Populism, Right-Wing MovementsItalian Fascism and Post-war SocietyElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Policy and Reform StudiesEuropean Union Policy and GovernancePolitical Systems and GovernanceHistorical and Environmental StudiesSocial Media and PoliticsGlobal Political and Social DynamicsItalian Social Issues and Migration

Frequently asked questions about Contemporary Italian Politics

Is Contemporary Italian Politics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Contemporary Italian Politics: 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 Contemporary Italian Politics?

Contemporary Italian Politics 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 1.37.

Is Contemporary Italian Politics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Contemporary Italian Politics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Contemporary Italian Politics?