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Research and Politics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.2), WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 2053-1680Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 175 / 745 | 76th | Q1 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 398 / 1530 | 74th | Q2 |
| Public Administration | 94 / 248 | 62nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.2.
Research and Politics is Q1 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 175 of 745), Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 398 of 1530) and Q2 in Public Administration (rank 94 of 248), by CiteScore 2025.
Research and Politics is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 3.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 76th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.467, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 36.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$800 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.
Research and Politics is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its ISSN is 2053-1680.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Research and Politics has an h-index of 59 and a 2-year mean of 3.28 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #42 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Research and Politics published 54 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 59. 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 98 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (48.5%), United Kingdom (8.9%) and Germany (6.6%).
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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