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Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.6). Published by Palgrave Macmillan Ltd..
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ISSN 2523-8248Verify ISSN ↗2523-8256Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 1136 / 1530 | 25th | Q3 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 568 / 745 | 23rd | Q4 |
| Public Administration | 202 / 248 | 18th | 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 2020–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.6.
Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance is Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1136 of 1530), Q4 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 568 of 745) and Q4 in Public Administration (rank 202 of 248), by CiteScore 2025.
Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance 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 0.6, quartile Q3, 25th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance is published by Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2523-8248 and its online ISSN is 2523-8256.
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 Sub-National Governance has an h-index of 10 and a 2-year mean of 0.57 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #846 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance published 18 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 78. 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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