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Studies in Public Choice is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.1). Published by Springer Nature.
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ISSN 0924-4700Verify ISSN ↗2731-5258Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Nature
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 709 / 745 | 4th | Q4 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 1459 / 1530 | 4th | Q4 |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) | 273 / 283 | 3rd | Q4 |
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Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2023–2025 (also 2017–2021, 2014–2015), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.1.
Studies in Public Choice is Q4 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 709 of 745), Q4 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1459 of 1530) and Q4 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (rank 273 of 283), by CiteScore 2025.
Studies in Public Choice 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, 4th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Studies in Public Choice is published by Springer Nature. Its print ISSN is 0924-4700 and its online ISSN is 2731-5258.
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 Public Choice has an h-index of 27 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.1, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #648 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Studies in Public Choice published 9 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2011 with 34. 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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