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Palgrave Studies in Political History is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.2). Published by Springer Nature.
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ISSN 2946-5176Verify ISSN ↗2946-5184Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Nature
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | 1425 / 1936 | 26th | Q3 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 687 / 744 | 7th | Q4 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 689 / 745 | 7th | Q4 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 1431 / 1530 | 6th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.2.
Palgrave Studies in Political History is Q3 in History (rank 1425 of 1936), Q4 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 687 of 744) and Q4 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 689 of 745), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Palgrave Studies in Political History 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 0.2, quartile Q3, 26th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Palgrave Studies in Political History is published by Springer Nature. Its print ISSN is 2946-5176 and its online ISSN is 2946-5184.
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 Political History has an h-index of 1 and a 2-year mean of 0.01 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #1,389 of 1,704 Scopus journals in History.
Palgrave Studies in Political History published 24 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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