Journal of Politics

Social Sciences · NA · NA

Impact Factor
3.307
2022
H-Index
147.000
2023
SJR
2.792
2023

I. Journal Information

ISSN00223816, 14682508
CountryUnited Kingdom
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
Subject AreasSocial Sciences · NA · NA
Publication TypeJournals
Active Years1968, 1977, 1980-1981, 1984-1986, 1991, 1996-ongoing
WebsiteVisit journal

II. Scope & Description

Established in 1939 and published for the Southern Political Science Association, The Journal of Politics is a leading general-interest journal of political science and the oldest regional political science journal in the United States. The scholarship published in The Journal of Politics is theoretically innovative and methodologically diverse, and comprises a blend of the various intellectual approaches that make up the discipline. The Journal of Politics features balanced treatments of research from scholars around the world, in all subfields of political science including American politics, comparative politics, international relations, political theory, and political methodology.

III. Impact Factor History

Year2-Year IF3-Year IF4-Year IF
20223.3073.8164.358
20213.4404.1794.750
20202.7573.4183.651
20192.8573.0793.299
20182.6903.2583.380
20172.5453.1753.682
20162.3483.0843.629
20152.5103.2503.386
20142.834
20132.120
20122.075
20112.110
20102.090
20092.406
20082.066
20071.754
20061.624
20051.504
20041.168
20031.010
20020.693
20010.948
20000.809

Note: impact factor data for reference only.

IV. SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

SJR measures scientific influence, weighting citations by the prestige of the citing journal.

YearSJR Score
20232.792
20223.048
20213.027
20203.489
20194.286
20185.266
20174.220
20164.658
20154.704

V. H-Index

The H-Index measures both the productivity and citation impact of a journal's publications.

YearH-Index
2023147.000
2022138.000
2021129.000
2020121.000

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