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Societies and Political Orders in Transition

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Netherlands · Est. 2017

ISSN2511-2201

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.133

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

377

Total Citationsi

2,098

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Societies and Political Orders in Transition presents scientific and scholarly studies focusing on societies and political orders in transition in Central and Eastern Europe but also elsewhere in the world, covering both contemporary and historical periods.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 42 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications377

Publisher OrgSpringer International Publishing

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2511-2201

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

221

2017

279

2018

2019

326

2020

2021

1.2k

2022

2023

2025

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.

DevelopmentQ4

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Economic Development and Digital TransformationPolitical Conflict and GovernanceSocial Policy and Reform StudiesEntrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesPopulism, Right-Wing MovementsEconomic and Technological InnovationRussia and Soviet political economyMigration and Labor DynamicsSocial Media and PoliticsRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends

Frequently asked questions about Societies and Political Orders in Transition

Is Societies and Political Orders in Transition a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Societies and Political Orders in Transition: it is indexed in 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 Societies and Political Orders in Transition?

Societies and Political Orders in Transition is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.133.

Is Societies and Political Orders in Transition indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Societies and Political Orders in Transition is indexed in Scopus.