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Studies of Transition States and Societies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.3), DOAJ. Published by Tallinn University.
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ISSN 1736-874XVerify ISSN ↗1736-8758Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Tallinn University
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 555 / 1530 | 63rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–2025, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.3.
Studies of Transition States and Societies is Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 555 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025.
Studies of Transition States and Societies 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 2.3, quartile Q2, 63rd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.155, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 17.
Studies of Transition States and Societies is published by Tallinn University. Its print ISSN is 1736-874X and its online ISSN is 1736-8758.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Studies of Transition States and Societies has an h-index of 0 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #1,360 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Studies of Transition States and Societies published 1 papers in 2017; its busiest recent year was 2010 with 1. 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.
In its latest 73 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Estonia (23.6%), Germany (8.9%) and Lithuania (7.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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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