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World Review of Political Economy is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Pluto Journals.
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ISSN 2042-891XVerify ISSN ↗2042-8928Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Pluto Journals
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 856 / 1530 | 44th | Q3 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 420 / 745 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) | 188 / 283 | 33rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.2.
World Review of Political Economy is Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 856 of 1530), Q3 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 420 of 745) and Q3 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (rank 188 of 283), by CiteScore 2025.
World Review of Political Economy is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1.2, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 44th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.179, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 9.
World Review of Political Economy is published by Pluto Journals. Its print ISSN is 2042-891X and its online ISSN is 2042-8928.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
World Review of Political Economy has an h-index of 16 and a 2-year mean of 0.76 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #720 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
World Review of Political Economy published 25 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 49. 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 69 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from China (25.4%), United States (8.5%) and Canada (7.2%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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