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Journal of Regional Security

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy · Serbia · Est. 2012

ISSN2406-0364

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.368

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.525

Total Worksi

175

Total Citationsi

644

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science and International Relations; Safety Research.

General Information

Country / RegionSerbia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 15 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications175

Publisher OrgUniversity of Belgrade

OA Since2017

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-SA

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?

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2406-0364

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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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

116

2020

2021

2022

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

Safety ResearchQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Safety ResearchPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Peacebuilding and International SecurityInternational Relations and Foreign PolicyGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsPolitical Conflict and GovernancePost-Soviet Geopolitical DynamicsGlobal Security and Public HealthTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceBalkans: History, Politics, SocietyEuropean Politics and SecurityEuropean Union Policy and Governance

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Regional Security

Is Journal of Regional Security a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Regional Security: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Journal of Regional Security?

Journal of Regional Security is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.368.

Is Journal of Regional Security indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Regional Security is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Regional Security?