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Critical Military Studies

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2014

ISSN2333-7486eISSN2333-7494

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.632

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.987

Total Worksi

357

Total Citationsi

3,611

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.92

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Critical Military Studies provides a platform for interdisciplinary debate on the operation of military power, encouraging the interrogation and destabilization of categories related to the military. It welcomes submissions on the contributions of critical analysis to military studies, comparative accounts of militaries, authoritarianism, militarism and militarization, race, empire and postcolonialism in military studies, gendered and queer analyses, disability and embodiment, legacies of military occupation, and the legitimization of military actions and institutions.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyThree Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications357

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2333-7486 / 2333-7494

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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

280

2019

346

2020

132

2021

202

2022

108

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.

HistoryQ1

LawQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

International RelationsPolitical Science

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political ScienceHistorySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Management Science and Operations ResearchPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gender, Security, and ConflictGlobal Security and Public HealthMilitary History and StrategyHistorical Gender and Feminism StudiesPeacebuilding and International SecurityWorld Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactDefense, Military, and Policy StudiesMemory, Trauma, and CommemorationGender Roles and Identity StudiesGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Critical Military Studies

Is Critical Military Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Critical Military Studies: 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 Critical Military Studies?

Critical Military Studies 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 0.92.

Is Critical Military Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Critical Military Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.