Journal of Politics
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Journal
Country
United Kingdom
Western Europe
Subject Area and Category
Social Sciences
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Sociology and Political Science
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Publisher
SJR 2025
3.492
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SJR Score
H-Index
167
Citations / Doc (2yr)
3.36
Total Docs. (latest)
129
Total Citations (3yr)
2,083
Publication type
Journals
ISSN
14682508, 00223816
Coverage
1939-2026
Journal Rank
#553
Subject Categories
Sociology and Political Science
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Subject Areas
Aims & Scope
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.
Abstracting & Indexing
Scopus
Google Scholar
Web of Science
Detailed Metrics
| Total Docs. (latest) | 129 |
| Total Docs. (3 years) | 417 |
| Total Refs. | 6,692 |
| Total Citations (3 years) | 2,083 |
| Citable Docs. (3 years) | 416 |
| Citations / Doc. (2 years) | 3.36 |
| Ref. / Doc. | 51.88 |
| % Female | 31.6% |
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