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International Journal of Public Policy is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.5), formerly ABDC B. Published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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ISSN 1740-0600Verify ISSN ↗1740-0619Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 359 / 745 | 51st | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 753 / 1530 | 50th | Q2 |
| Public Administration | 158 / 248 | 36th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2005–2025, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.5.
International Journal of Public Policy is Q2 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 359 of 745), Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 753 of 1530) and Q3 in Public Administration (rank 158 of 248), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Public Policy is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q2, 51st percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.197, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 18.
International Journal of Public Policy is published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1740-0600 and its online ISSN is 1740-0619.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
It was rated B in the 2016 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Public Policy has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 0.4 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #469 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
International Journal of Public Policy published 16 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 41. 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 46 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Germany (14.1%), Russia (13%) and India (10.9%).
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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