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Issues and Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.3), formerly ABDC C, WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd.
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ISSN 1013-2511Verify ISSN ↗2529-802XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 387 / 745 | 48th | Q3 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 813 / 1530 | 46th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1995–present (also 1985, 1980, 1978, 1972–1975), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.3.
Issues and Studies is Q3 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 387 of 745) and Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 813 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025.
Issues and Studies 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 1.3, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 48th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.202, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 24.
Issues and Studies is published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1013-2511 and its online ISSN is 2529-802X.
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.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It was rated C in the 2010 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.
Issues and Studies has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 0.56 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #415 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Issues and Studies published 18 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 26. 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.
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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