Political Theory
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Political Theory
Overview

Impact Factor

1.862

H Index

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Impact Factor

1

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 00905917, 15527476
Publisher: SAGE Publications
History: 1973-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

Political Theory is an international journal of political thought open to contributions from a wide range of methodological, philosophical, and ideological perspectives. Essays in contemporary and historical political thought, normative and cultural theory, history of ideas, and assessments of current work are welcome. The journal encourages essays that address pressing political and ethical issues or events.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



Political Theory
SCR Impact Factor

Political Theory
SCR Journal Ranking

Political Theory
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

0.478

Political Theory
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Political Theory
Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Political Theory
Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Political Theory
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    1.194 1.108 1.171
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    1 1.252 1.437
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    1.029 1.158 1.212
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    1.282 1.355 1.085
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    1.015 0.853 1.123
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    0.757 1.255 1.26
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    0.855 1.011 1.18
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    1.082 1.131 1.05
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    0.845 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    0.821 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    1.094 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    1.071 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    1.39 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    0.716 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    0.478 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    0.736 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    0.812 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    0.837 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    0.612 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    0.604 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    0.341 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    0.413 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    0.2 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

Political Theory
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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Political Theory
H-Index History