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Policy and Politics

ISSN 0305-5736 · 1470-8442

Publisher: Policy Press

Scopus · Q1ABDC AWoS · SSCI

Is Policy and Politics indexed in Scopus? Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1979–2026, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.8.

Is Policy and Politics in Web of Science? Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.

What is the ABDC rating of Policy and Politics? It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Other commerce, management, tourism and services.

Is Policy and Politics open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

5.8
CiteScore 2025
Scopus
Q1
Best quartile
89th percentile
A
ABDC rating
JQL 2025
3
Indexed in
major indexes
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
A
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
1972
Field of research
Other commerce, management, tourism and services (3599)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Policy Press
A = next 15–25% — among the highest citation metrics in its field.
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DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
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FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

Official sources & links

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