ImpaQ Ecosystem•Clarivate, Scopus & CORE Data
Clarivate WoS 2024 / 2025 Data
IMPAQ
WoS ESCI Q4Scopus Q3SCImago #19,892Diamond OAHybrid

Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa

Identifier (ISSN):0201-7083(Print)
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Publisher:Institute of Europe of Russian Academy of Sciences
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (ESCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
0.1↓ -0.2
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q4
WoS ESCIJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2023–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa

WoS Q4
00110.520230.120240.320250.12026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):0.1
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q3
0.237
#19,892

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
10

10 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: ESCIQ4
Self-Citation Rate0%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
110articles/year
85.53% Gold OA•100% Original Research

Aims & Scope

“Contemporary Europe” – is academic journal founded in 2000 by Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences. 4 The journal published quarterly since 2000 under auspices of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Editorial board and editorial staff consider themselves as a mirror of contemporary Russian political, economical and social sciences in general, we eager to reflect in the journal’s pages current level of Russian-European relations, European Studies in Russia and European Union. “Contemporary Europe” focused on the problems of relations and cooperation between Russia and European Union, economical, political, cultural, religious situation in Russia and European countries. “Contemporary Europe” have managed to occupy a leading place in the community of experts on European Studies. Among our authors and members of Editorial Board – scholars, famous political scientists, experts in Foreign affairs. Our journal distributing throughout government institutions, embassies, research centers, libraries in Russia and abroad. The journal has nowadays more than 1000 thousand regular subscribers. The data on our readership convincingly show that the journal is actively and frequently used as a kind of text book by university students. Thus, visitors to public libraries might often come across outworn copies of the journal – evidence of its frequent (and regrettably rather rough) use by the readers. Book reviews occupy a significant part “Contemporary Europe” to presenting to our readers most of the publications of interest appearing in Russia and European Union.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Political science49.4%Computer science49.2%Economics31.2%Law29.1%Business24.6%Geography21.1%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRESCI2026

AREA STUDIES

Q4
Rank164/184
IndexESCI
JCIESCI2026

AREA STUDIES

Q4
Rank164/184
IndexESCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

14 year
2026Latest
IF0.1
Articles / Year—
Total Citations—
2025
IF0.3
Articles / Year—
Total Citations—
2024
IF0.1
Articles / Year103
Total Citations87
2023
IF0.5
Articles / Year98
Total Citations136
2022
IF—
Articles / Year34
Total Citations48

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #19,892Scopus Q3Diamond OASCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2016-2025
Scopus Broad Areas:Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q3
0.237

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q3
Citations / Doc (2 years)
0.21

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
100% Free

Diamond Open Access: Authors publish completely free of charge with zero author-facing fees.

Diamond Open Access

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations53
3-Year Documents316
Citable Documents315

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate60.0%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Political Science and International RelationsQ3
Economics and EconometricsQ4
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 0%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
4区 (Zone 4)Sociology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
4区AREA STUDIES
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa (ISSN: 0201-7083) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of AREA STUDIES, published by Institute of Europe of Russian Academy of Sciences in Russian Federation. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 0.10, ranking in quartile Q4 of Web of Science (ESCI), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.237 (Q3), an H-index of 10.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 110 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with Diamond Open Access (100% free of author APC charges). It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Hybrid
Publisher
Institute of Europe of Russian Academy of Sciences
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
ESCIScopusPubMed

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