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Politologija is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Vilnius University Press.
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ISSN 1392-1681Verify ISSN ↗2424-6034Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Vilnius University Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 1221 / 1530 | 20th | Q4 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 606 / 745 | 18th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.
Politologija is Q4 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1221 of 1530) and Q4 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 606 of 745), by CiteScore 2025.
Politologija is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.5, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 20th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.145, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 6.
Politologija is published by Vilnius University Press. Its print ISSN is 1392-1681 and its online ISSN is 2424-6034.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Politologija has an h-index of 8 and a 2-year mean of 0.29 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #1,057 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Politologija published 32 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 40. 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 (2022–2026), authors are most often from Lithuania (81.5%), Ukraine (3.9%) and Poland (2.8%). 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.
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