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International Review of Public Policy is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.6), DOAJ. Published by International Public Policy Association.
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ISSN 2679-3873Verify ISSN ↗2706-6274Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: International Public Policy Association
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 345 / 745 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 720 / 1530 | 52nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.6.
International Review of Public Policy is Q2 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 345 of 745) and Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 720 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025.
International Review 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 1.6, quartile Q2, 53rd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.340, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 15.
International Review of Public Policy is published by International Public Policy Association. Its print ISSN is 2679-3873 and its online ISSN is 2706-6274.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Review of Public Policy has an h-index of 18 and a 2-year mean of 1.28 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #203 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
International Review of Public Policy published 25 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 31. 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 68 research articles (2022–2025), authors are most often from United States (18.4%), United Kingdom (12.3%) and Italy (8.6%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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