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International Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.4). It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
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ISSN 0020-8817Verify ISSN ↗0973-0702Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,400 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 377 / 745 | 49th | Q3 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 552 / 876 | 37th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1985–present (also 1973–1982, 1959–1969), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.4.
International Studies is Q3 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 377 of 745) and Q3 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 552 of 876), by CiteScore 2025.
International Studies 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 1.4, quartile Q3, 49th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.160, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 23.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,400 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.
International Studies is published by Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0020-8817 and its online ISSN is 0973-0702.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Studies has an h-index of 26 and a 2-year mean of 1.07 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #260 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
International Studies published 8 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 63. 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 91 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from India (63.2%), United States (4.9%) and United Kingdom (4.4%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.7 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.
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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