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Frontiers in Political Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Frontiers Media SA.
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ISSN 2673-3145Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 227 / 745 | 69th | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 508 / 1530 | 66th | Q2 |
| Public Administration | 115 / 248 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Safety Research | 55 / 108 | 49th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.5.
Frontiers in Political Science is Q2 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 227 of 745), Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 508 of 1530) and Q2 in Public Administration (rank 115 of 248), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Frontiers in Political Science 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 2.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.586, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 28.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,418 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.
Frontiers in Political Science is published by Frontiers Media SA. Its ISSN is 2673-3145.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Frontiers in Political Science has an h-index of 41 and a 2-year mean of 1.54 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #166 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Frontiers in Political Science published 357 papers in 2025. 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Kazakhstan (8.5%), Indonesia (7.7%) and United States (4.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.3 per 1,000 papers). 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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