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Romanian Journal of Political Science is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.7), WoS SSCI. Published by Romanian Academic Society.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1582-456XVerify ISSN ↗2068-7613Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Romanian Academic Society
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 1067 / 1530 | 30th | Q3 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 541 / 745 | 27th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present (also 2009–2013), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.7.
Romanian Journal of Political Science is Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1067 of 1530) and Q3 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 541 of 745), by CiteScore 2025.
Romanian Journal of Political Science 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 0.7, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 30th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.107, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 12.
Romanian Journal of Political Science is published by Romanian Academic Society. Its print ISSN is 1582-456X and its online ISSN is 2068-7613.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Romanian Journal of Political Science has an h-index of 11 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #1,360 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Romanian Journal of Political Science published 34 papers in 2025. 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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