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Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0). Published by Palgrave Macmillan Ltd..
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ISSN 2524-7441Verify ISSN ↗2524-745XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 742 / 745 | 0th | 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 2025–present (also 2023, 2019–2021), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.
Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy is Q4 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 742 of 745), by CiteScore 2025.
Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy 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, quartile Q4, 0th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy is published by Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2524-7441 and its online ISSN is 2524-745X.
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 the Political Economy of Public Policy has an h-index of 11 and a 2-year mean of 0.13 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #601 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy published 5 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 33. 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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