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Politics and the Life Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.8). It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Cambridge University Press.
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ISSN 0730-9384Verify ISSN ↗1471-5457Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Cost to publish: About US$3,550 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 151 / 744 | 79th | Q1 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 332 / 1530 | 78th | Q1 |
| Public Administration | 84 / 248 | 66th | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1986–present (also 1983–1984), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.8.
Politics and the Life Sciences is Q1 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 151 of 744), Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 332 of 1530) and Q2 in Public Administration (rank 84 of 248), by CiteScore 2025.
Politics and the Life Sciences 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 3.8, quartile Q1, 79th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.481, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 26.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,550 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Politics and the Life Sciences is published by Cambridge University Press. Its print ISSN is 0730-9384 and its online ISSN is 1471-5457.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
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.
Politics and the Life Sciences has an h-index of 38 and a 2-year mean of 1.2 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #267 of 703 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (miscellaneous).
Politics and the Life Sciences published 20 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 34. 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.
In its latest 89 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (68.8%), United Kingdom (5.7%) and Germany (4.5%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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