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Democratic Theory is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Cambridge University Press.
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ISSN 2332-8894Verify ISSN ↗2332-8908Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | 147 / 891 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 644 / 1530 | 57th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.9.
Democratic Theory is Q1 in Philosophy (rank 147 of 891) and Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 644 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025.
Democratic Theory is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 83rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.484, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 17.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,550 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Democratic Theory is published by Cambridge University Press. Its print ISSN is 2332-8894 and its online ISSN is 2332-8908.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Democratic Theory has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 0.86 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #157 of 805 Scopus journals in Philosophy.
Democratic Theory published 12 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 29. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 58 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (32.8%), Germany (15.5%) and Canada (13.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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