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Journal of Conflict Resolution is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.1), ABDC A*, ABS / AJG 3, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Sage Publications.
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ISSN 0022-0027Verify ISSN ↗1552-8766Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Sage Publications
Cost to publish: About US$3,650 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 86 / 745 | 88th | Q1 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 209 / 1530 | 86th | Q1 |
| Business, Management and Accounting (all) | 82 / 235 | 65th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1957–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.1.
Journal of Conflict Resolution is Q1 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 86 of 745), Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 209 of 1530) and Q2 in Business, Management and Accounting (all) (rank 82 of 235), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Conflict Resolution is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 5.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 88th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.893, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 138.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,650 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.
Journal of Conflict Resolution is published by Sage Publications. Its print ISSN is 0022-0027 and its online ISSN is 1552-8766.
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 Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A* in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Applied economics.
It is graded 3 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Psychology (General) field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Conflict Resolution has an h-index of 203 and a 2-year mean of 1.89 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #133 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Journal of Conflict Resolution published 61 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 110. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (50.6%), United Kingdom (10.4%) and Germany (7.4%). 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. 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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