WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #2,492CAS 2区Top JournalHybrid

Politics & Society

Country: United States•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 1.482•SCImago Rank: #2,492•Identifier (ISSN):0032-3292(Print)/1552-7514(Online)•Articles / Year: 27•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,470 USD

Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)

Clarivate IF (2026)Q1

3.2

↑ +0.5

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

H-Index (Hirsch Index)

89 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier

Self-Citation Rate2.4%

Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)

Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.

Volume & Open AccessHybrid

27articles/year

40% Gold OA•100% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

2.50pts

Latest Max Score

Estimated (Dec 26)

Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.2)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year

Year	Max Score	Evaluation Details	Source
2026	2.50đ	WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.2)	🔵 Computed
2025	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 2.7)	🔵 Computed
2024	2.50đ	WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.1)	🔵 Computed
2023	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 2.4)	🔵 Computed
2022	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 2.26)	🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Politics & Society is a peer-reviewed journal. All submitted papers are read by a rotating editorial board member. If a paper is deemed potentially publishable, it is sent to another board member, who, if agreeing that it is potentially publishable, sends it to a third board member. If and only if all three agree, the paper is sent to the entire editorial board for consideration at board meetings. The editorial board meets three times a year, and the board members who are present (usually between 9 and 14) make decisions through a deliberative process that also considers written reports from absent members. Unlike many journals which rely on 1–3 individual blind referee reports and a single editor with final say, the peers who decide whether to accept submitted work are thus the full editorial board of the journal, comprised of scholars from various disciplines, who discuss papers openly, with author names known, at meetings. Editors are required to disclose potential conflicts of interest when evaluating manuscripts and to recuse themselves from voting if such a potential exists.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)

Political science91.9%Economics74.5%Law72.4%Sociology67.4%Politics54.5%Philosophy38.2%Computer science33.8%History32.6%Political economy30.4%Geography29%Business25.4%Mathematics25.3%Archaeology22.4%Market economy21.1%

Primary Research Areas

Multiple

Official Website NLM PubMed Catalog SCImago Profile

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

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

Rank #2,492Scopus Q1SCImago Profile

Scopus Coverage:1970-1990, 1992-2026

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Scopus Broad Areas:Social Sciences

Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1

1.482

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

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1

Scopus H-Index (2025)

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)

Citations / Doc (2 years)

3.37

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

2-Year Citation Window

Estimated Publication Fee (APC)

$3,470 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations325

3-Year Documents64

Citable Documents59

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

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)2

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate30.9%

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 RelationsQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

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

Publishing & Editorial Information

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

Publisher Review Speed

Updating

Average time to first editorial decision

Online Publication Speed

Updating

Time from acceptance to online publication

Official Acceptance Rate

Updating

Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher

Open Access Model

Hybrid

OA publishing option or traditional subscription

Publisher

SAGE

Publication Language

English

Frequency

Periodic

Indexing & Databases

SSCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI

Category	Index	Rank	Quartile
POLITICAL SCIENCE	JCRSSCI	57/332	Q1
SOCIAL ISSUES	JCRSSCI	11/72	Q1
SOCIOLOGY	JCRSSCI	21/222	Q1
POLITICAL SCIENCE	JCISSCI	78/332	Q1
SOCIAL ISSUES	JCISSCI	9/72	Q1
SOCIOLOGY	JCISSCI	50/222	Q1