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Contention

Berghahn Journals · United States · Est. 1992

ISSN2572-7184

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-08-11). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.295

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.907

Total Worksi

182

Total Citationsi

606

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1992

Annual Volume~ 11 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications182

Publisher OrgBerghahn Books

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?

Berghahn Journals

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2572-7184

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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

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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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Conflict and GovernanceSocial Media and PoliticsPopulism, Right-Wing MovementsSocial and Intergroup PsychologyTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesMiddle East Politics and SocietyElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationAnthropological Studies and InsightsCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Contention

Is Contention a predatory journal?

Contention was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2017-08-11). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Contention?

Contention is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.295.

Is Contention indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Contention is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Contention?