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Political Power and Social Theory is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.4). Published by Emerald Publishing.
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ISSN 0198-8719Verify ISSN ↗2977-4640Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 1269 / 1530 | 17th | Q4 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 622 / 745 | 16th | 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 2005–present (also 2002–2003, 2000), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.4.
Political Power and Social Theory is Q4 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1269 of 1530) and Q4 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 622 of 745), by CiteScore 2025.
Political Power and Social Theory 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 0.4, quartile Q4, 17th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.469, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 23.
Political Power and Social Theory is published by Emerald Publishing. Its print ISSN is 0198-8719 and its online ISSN is 2977-4640.
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.
Political Power and Social Theory has an h-index of 28 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.4, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #1,360 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Political Power and Social Theory published 24 papers in 2014. 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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