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Journal of International Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.9), ABS / AJG 1. Published by Centre of Sociological Research.
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ISSN 2071-8330Verify ISSN ↗2306-3483Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Centre of Sociological Research
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 95 / 745 | 87th | Q1 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 201 / 755 | 73rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.9.
Journal of International Studies is Q1 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 95 of 745) and Q2 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 201 of 755), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of 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 4.9, quartile Q1, 87th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.393, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 39.
Journal of International Studies is published by Centre of Sociological Research. Its print ISSN is 2071-8330 and its online ISSN is 2306-3483.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Social Sciences field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of International Studies has an h-index of 47 and a 2-year mean of 4.34 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #17 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Journal of International Studies published 62 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 91. 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 13 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Poland (25.6%), Hungary (10.9%) and Lithuania (10.3%).
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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