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Geopolitica(s) is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Universidad Complutense Madrid.
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ISSN 2172-3958Verify ISSN ↗2172-7155Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Universidad Complutense Madrid
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 1198 / 1530 | 21st | Q4 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 593 / 745 | 20th | Q4 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 768 / 876 | 12th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.
Geopolitica(s) is Q4 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1198 of 1530), Q4 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 593 of 745) and Q4 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 768 of 876), by CiteScore 2025.
Geopolitica(s) 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 0.5, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 21st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.131, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 14.
Geopolitica(s) is published by Universidad Complutense Madrid. Its print ISSN is 2172-3958 and its online ISSN is 2172-7155.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Geopolitica(s) has an h-index of 15 and a 2-year mean of 0.3 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #1,047 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Geopolitica(s) published 27 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 53. 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 87 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Spain (48.1%), Colombia (9.8%) and Mexico (8.1%).
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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