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Journal of International Relations and Development is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.8), ABDC C, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Nature.
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ISSN 1408-6980Verify ISSN ↗1581-1980Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Nature
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 61 / 745 | 91st | Q1 |
| Development | 52 / 314 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 155 / 876 | 82nd | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1998–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.8.
Journal of International Relations and Development is Q1 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 61 of 745), Q1 in Development (rank 52 of 314) and Q1 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 155 of 876), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of International Relations and Development 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 5.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 91st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.278, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 49.
Journal of International Relations and Development is published by Springer Nature. Its print ISSN is 1408-6980 and its online ISSN is 1581-1980.
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 C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Other commerce, management, tourism and services.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of International Relations and Development has an h-index of 62 and a 2-year mean of 1.35 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #196 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Journal of International Relations and Development published 25 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 47. 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 98 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Germany (20.2%), United Kingdom (19.9%) and Netherlands (5.6%).
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.
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