Journal-level metrics
The metrics below are produced by third parties as ways to quantify the impact this journal has on the research community.
Please note that these metrics should always be considered in the context of how they are calculated. As a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) we also emphasise that none of these journal-level metrics should be used to judge the impact of an individual article or author, or their research outputs.
For full details of how these metrics are calculated, please see our guide to journal-level metrics.
Journal metrics
| 2-year Impact Factor | 3.1 |
| 5-year Impact Factor | 3.3 |
| Eigenfactor | 0.00294 |
| Article Influence Score | 1.534 |
| CiteScore | 6.0 |
| Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) | 1.243 |
| Source Normalised Impact per Paper (SNIP) | 2.047 |
Past Journal Impact Factors
2021 – 3.165
46 out of 188 Political Science7 out of 44 Women's Studies
2020 – 2.088
89 out of 182 Political Science
15 out of 44 Women's Studies
2019 – 1.650
72 out of 181 Political Science
11 out of 45 Women's Studies
2018 – 0.779
136 out of 176 Political Science
29 out of 44 Women's Studies
2017 – 1.641
59 out of 169 Political Science
7 out of 42 Women's Studies
2016 – 2.109
33 out of 165 Political Science
4 out of 41 Women's Studies
2015 – 1.024
64 out of 163 Political Science
17 out of 40 Women's Studies
2014 – 0.722
82 out of 161 Political Science
2013 – 1.893
12 out of 157 Political Science
2012 – 0.882
56 out of 157 Political Science
2011 – 0.875
49 out of 149 Political Science
2010 – 2.107
6 out of 141 Political Science
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Publishing statistics
We will soon be providing annual statistics about this journal's publishing activity. Please check back later.
Article counts
The table below displays information about the number of articles published in this journal in 2022. For further details of how articles are counted, please see this page.
Published articles
| Total number of articles last year | 39 (as of July 2023) |
| Number of OA articles last year | 9 (as of July 2023) |
| Number of articles last year supported by subscription revenue | 30 (as of July 2023) |
Data for cOAlition S
This journal is registered with cOAlition S as a Transformative Journal, and provides additional annual statistics to cOAlition S. For more information please refer to this page.