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SpringerBriefs in Political Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.8). Published by Springer International Publishing.
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ISSN 2191-5466Verify ISSN ↗2191-5474Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 325 / 745 | 56th | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 677 / 1530 | 55th | Q2 |
| Public Administration | 145 / 248 | 41st | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–2025, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.8.
SpringerBriefs in Political Science is Q2 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 325 of 745), Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 677 of 1530) and Q3 in Public Administration (rank 145 of 248), by CiteScore 2025.
SpringerBriefs in Political Science 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 1.8, quartile Q2, 56th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
SpringerBriefs in Political Science is published by Springer International Publishing. Its print ISSN is 2191-5466 and its online ISSN is 2191-5474.
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.
SpringerBriefs in Political Science has an h-index of 17 and a 2-year mean of 0.75 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #350 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
SpringerBriefs in Political Science published 67 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 86. 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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