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Populism is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.6), WoS ESCI. Published by Brill Academic Publishers.
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ISSN 2588-8064Verify ISSN ↗2588-8072Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 347 / 745 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 727 / 1530 | 52nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.6.
Populism is Q2 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 347 of 745) and Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 727 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025.
Populism 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 1.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 53rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.335, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 11.
Populism is published by Brill Academic Publishers. Its print ISSN is 2588-8064 and its online ISSN is 2588-8072.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Populism has an h-index of 13 and a 2-year mean of 0.53 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #423 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Populism published 47 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 51. 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 85 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (36.5%), United Kingdom (12.9%) and Canada (7.1%).
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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