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Economic and Political Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2006

ISSN2470-4024

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.569

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.799

Total Worksi

312

Total Citationsi

3,587

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Economic and Political Studies publishes original research articles analyzing the role of economic and political institutions, with a notable focus on China's interaction with the world. It disseminates theoretical, analytical, and empirical research on political-economic phenomena in China or relevant to China, with wider implications for international political economic studies. Contributions are invited from political economy, economics, political science, Chinese studies, and related disciplines.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications312

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

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?

2470-4024

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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

464

2019

873

2020

294

2021

372

2022

149

2023

146

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.

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesGlobal trade and economicsChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactMarket Dynamics and VolatilityCorporate Finance and GovernanceInternational Development and AidFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyTaxation and Compliance Studies

Frequently asked questions about Economic and Political Studies

Is Economic and Political Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Economic and Political 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 Economic and Political Studies?

Economic and Political 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 2.97.

Is Economic and Political Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Economic and Political Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.