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IMPAQ
WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #7,849Hybrid

Politics and Governance

Identifier (ISSN):2183-2463(Print)
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Publisher:Cogitatio
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
2.5↑ +0.4
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q1
WoS SCIEJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2022–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Politics and Governance

WoS Q1
12341.7720222.220232.520242.120252.52026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):2.5
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
0.728
#7,849

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
45

45 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ1
Self-Citation Rate4%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
127articles/year
96.92% Gold OA•99.05% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Politics and Governance is an innovative offering to the world of online publishing in the Political Sciences. An internationally peer-reviewed open access journal, Politics and Governance publishes significant, cutting-edge and multidisciplinary research drawn from all areas of Political Science. Its central aim is thereby to enhance the broad scholarly understanding of the range of contemporary political and governing processes, and impact upon of states, political entities, international organizations, communities, societies and individuals, at international, regional, national and local levels. Submissions that focus upon the political or governance-based dynamics of any of these levels or units of analysis in way that interestingly and effectively brings together conceptual analysis and empirical findings are welcome. Politics and Governance is committed to publishing rigorous and high-quality research. To that end, it undertakes a meticulous editorial process, providing both the academic and policy-making community with the most advanced research on contemporary politics and governance. The journal is an entirely open-access online resource, and its in-house publication process enables it to swiftly disseminate its research findings worldwide, and on a regular basis.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Political ScienceLawEconomicsPoliticsSociologyBusinessPhilosophyComputer ScienceGeographyBiologyHistoryArchaeologyFinanceLinguisticsMathematicsManagementPhysicsEcologyGeologyPsychologySocial SciencesEpistemology
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRSSCI2026

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Q1
Rank77/332
IndexSSCI
JCISSCI2026

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Q1
Rank73/332
IndexSSCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

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

12 year
2026Latest
IF2.5
Articles / Year116
Total Citations71
2025
IF2.1
Articles / Year175
Total Citations413
2024
IF2.5
Articles / Year147
Total Citations921
2023
IF2.2
Articles / Year164
Total Citations1,350
2022
IF1.775
Articles / Year137
Total Citations1,560

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

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

Rank #7,849Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2013-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Social Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.728

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

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
2.79

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

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,098 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations1,081
3-Year Documents370
Citable Documents332

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

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)6

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate41.6%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

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

Scopus Subject Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1
Public AdministrationQ2
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: 4%

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):
2区 (Zone 2)Sociology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
3区POLITICAL SCIENCE
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

Politics and Governance (ISSN: 2183-2463) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of POLITICAL SCIENCE, published by Cogitatio in Portugal. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 2.50, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.728 (Q1), an H-index of 45.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 127 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,098 USD. 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
Cogitatio
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusDOAJPubMed

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Database Updated: 2026-09-28