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Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.7). Published by Palgrave Macmillan Ltd..
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ISSN 2731-3921Verify ISSN ↗2731-393XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 539 / 745 | 27th | 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 2025–present (also 2023, 2018–2020, 2013–2016, 2010, 2008, 2005–2006), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.7.
Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations is Q3 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 539 of 745), by CiteScore 2025.
Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations 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 0.7, quartile Q3, 27th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations is published by Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2731-3921 and its online ISSN is 2731-393X.
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.
Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations has an h-index of 13 and a 2-year mean of 0.28 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #521 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations published 7 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 55. 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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