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Journal of Political Ecology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by University of Arizona Libraries.
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ISSN 1073-0451Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Arizona Libraries
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 117 / 745 | 84th | Q1 |
| Ecology | 128 / 491 | 74th | Q2 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 231 / 876 | 73rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.4.
Journal of Political Ecology is Q1 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 117 of 745), Q2 in Ecology (rank 128 of 491) and Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 231 of 876), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Political Ecology is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 4.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 84th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.187, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 48.
Journal of Political Ecology is published by University of Arizona Libraries. Its ISSN is 1073-0451.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Political Ecology has an h-index of 58 and a 2-year mean of 1.95 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #125 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Journal of Political Ecology published 74 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 74. 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 94 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (20.4%), United Kingdom (8.3%) and Germany (8%).
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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