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Journal of Politics in Latin America is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 1866-802XVerify ISSN ↗1868-4890Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 203 / 745 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 451 / 1530 | 70th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.8.
Journal of Politics in Latin America is Q2 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 203 of 745) and Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 451 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Politics in Latin America 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 2.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 72nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.927, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 21.
No article processing charge is recorded for it (source: OpenAlex). Confirm on the journal's own website, since some journals charge for extras such as colour figures.
Journal of Politics in Latin America is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its print ISSN is 1866-802X and its online ISSN is 1868-4890.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Politics in Latin America has an h-index of 44 and a 2-year mean of 1.45 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #177 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Journal of Politics in Latin America published 21 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 23. 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 97 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (30.6%), Brazil (11.9%) and Chile (9.6%).
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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