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Journal of Liberty and International Affairs is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.9), DOAJ. Published by Institute for Research and European Studies.
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ISSN 1857-9760Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Institute for Research and European Studies
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | 405 / 1162 | 65th | Q2 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 307 / 744 | 58th | Q2 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 310 / 745 | 58th | Q2 |
| Public Administration | 138 / 248 | 44th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.9.
Journal of Liberty and International Affairs is Q2 in Law (rank 405 of 1162), Q2 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 307 of 744) and Q2 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 310 of 745), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Liberty and International Affairs 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 1.9, quartile Q2, 65th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.200, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 9.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$105 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 Liberty and International Affairs is published by Institute for Research and European Studies. Its ISSN is 1857-9760.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Liberty and International Affairs has an h-index of 12 and a 2-year mean of 0.8 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #380 of 1,057 Scopus journals in Law.
Journal of Liberty and International Affairs published 33 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 95. 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 92 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from India (11.4%), North Macedonia (11.2%) and Albania (7.6%).
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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