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Global Discourse

Bristol University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN2326-9995eISSN2043-7897

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.383

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.963

Total Worksi

924

Total Citationsi

5,228

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Global Discourse is an interdisciplinary, problem-oriented journal of applied contemporary thought. It operates at the intersection of politics, international relations, sociology, and social policy. The journal encourages interrogation of current affairs with regard to core questions of distributive justice, wellbeing, cultural diversity, autonomy, sovereignty, and security.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 33 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications924

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Bristol University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2326-9995 / 2043-7897

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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

436

2019

395

2020

479

2021

358

2022

170

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

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International RelationsPolitical ScienceSociology

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Economy and MarxismInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsGlobal Security and Public HealthPolitical Philosophy and EthicsPeacebuilding and International SecurityCritical Theory and PhilosophyHousing, Finance, and NeoliberalismPopulism, Right-Wing MovementsPolitical and Economic history of UK and US

Frequently asked questions about Global Discourse

Is Global Discourse a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Discourse: 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 Global Discourse?

Global Discourse 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 0.90.

Is Global Discourse indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Discourse is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.