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Studies in Iranian Politics is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.1). Published by Palgrave Macmillan.
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ISSN 2524-4132Verify ISSN ↗2524-4140Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | 1328 / 1434 | 7th | Q4 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 718 / 744 | 3rd | Q4 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 1491 / 1530 | 2nd | Q4 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 730 / 745 | 2nd | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2026 (also 2021–2024, 2018), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.1.
Studies in Iranian Politics is Q4 in Cultural Studies (rank 1328 of 1434), Q4 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 718 of 744) and Q4 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1491 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Studies in Iranian Politics 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 0.1, quartile Q4, 7th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Studies in Iranian Politics is published by Palgrave Macmillan. Its print ISSN is 2524-4132 and its online ISSN is 2524-4140.
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 Iranian Politics has an h-index of 5 and a 2-year mean of 0.09 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.1, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #921 of 1,309 Scopus journals in Cultural Studies.
Studies in Iranian Politics published 26 papers in 2024; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 45. 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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