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Palgrave Studies in International Relations is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.1). Published by Palgrave Macmillan.
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | 309 / 1936 | 84th | Q1 |
| Gender Studies | 122 / 233 | 47th | Q3 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 902 / 1530 | 41st | Q3 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 442 / 745 | 40th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present (also 2009–2016), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.1.
Palgrave Studies in International Relations is Q1 in History (rank 309 of 1936), Q3 in Gender Studies (rank 122 of 233) and Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 902 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Palgrave Studies in International Relations 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 1.1, quartile Q1, 84th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Palgrave Studies in International Relations is published by Palgrave Macmillan. Its print ISSN is 2946-2673 and its online ISSN is 2946-2681.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Palgrave Studies in International Relations has an h-index of 3 and a 2-year mean of 0.17 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #719 of 1,704 Scopus journals in History.
Palgrave Studies in International Relations published 58 papers in 2025. 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.
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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