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Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics is not currently indexed in Scopus. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Routledge.
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ISSN 1352-3279Verify ISSN ↗1743-9116Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Routledge
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1994–2012).
What is the impact factor of Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics?
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics and what is its ISSN?
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics is published by Routledge. Its print ISSN is 1352-3279 and its online ISSN is 1743-9116.
Is Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics covered under ONOS in India?
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.
Is Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics for 19 years, between 1994 and 2012. Coverage ended in 2012, 14 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 555 works and 7,242 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2011, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2012, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics has an h-index of 41 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics published 31 papers in 2011; its busiest recent year was 2002 with 44. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2012. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2012
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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