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International Studies Quarterly

International Studies Quarterly is a journal indexed in SJR in Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations with an H index of 126. It has a COP Index of 3,1 (best band Q1). It is published in English. It has a COP Index of 3,1.

ISSN: 0020-8833

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Category: Sociology and Political Science

Indexation: verifiedScopus / SJR verifiedWeb of Science

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3,1 Q1

69 of 507 journals in Political Science and International Relations

H-index · SJR 126 · 1,518

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24% Selective

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COP Index

3,1

SJR Impact

1,518

H-index

126

Docs (year)

150

Docs 3y

296

Total refs

11977

Cites 3y

1016

Citable 3y

296

Cites/Doc 2y

2.97

Ref/Doc

79.85

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Best articles by citations

Coalition Government Formation and Foreign Exchange Markets: Theory and Evidence from Europe

Why Political Power-Sharing Agreements Lead to Enduring Peaceful Resolution of Some Civil Wars, But Not Others?

Domestic Institutions and Wartime Casualties1

Does the Diversionary Use of Force Threaten the Democratic Peace? Assessing the Effect of Economic Growth on Interstate Conflict, 1921?2001

Distribution of Transnational Terrorism Among Countries by Income Class and Geography After 9/11

Democracy and Conflict Management: Territorial Claims in the Western Hemisphere Revisited

Delegating Differences: Bilateral Investment Treaties and Bargaining Over Dispute Resolution Provisions

Contingent Borders, Ambiguous Ethics: Migrants in (International) Political Theory

Constraining the Samurai: Rebellion and Taxation in Early Modern Japan

Complicating Commitment: Free Resources, Power Shifts, and the Fiscal Politics of Preventive War1

Complex Interdependence and Transnational Lobbying: South Korea in the United States

Competing Paradigms or Birds of a Feather? Constructivism and Neoliberal Institutionalism Compared

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Case-Based, Model-Based, and Explanation-Based Styles of Reasoning in Foreign Policy

Believing This and Alieving That: Theorizing Affect and Intuitions in International Politics

Babies across Borders: The Political Economy of International Child Adoption

American Economic Power Hasn't Declined-It Globalized! Summoning the Data and Taking Globalization Seriously

Alignment Patterns, Crisis Bargaining, and Extended Deterrence: A Game-Theoretic Analysis

Aid Modalities Matter: The Impact of Different World Bank and IMF Programs on Democratization in Developing Countries

Aftershocks: Postwar Leadership Survival, Rivalry, and Regime Dynamics

A View from the Top: International Politics, Norms and the Worldwide Growth of NGOs

A Unified Explanation of Territorial Conflict: Testing the Impact of Sampling Bias, 1919-1992

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International Studies Quarterly has a COP Index of 3,1 (Q1), ranked 69 of 507 in Political Science and International Relations. SJR: 1,518.

Immediate OA APC is not available (NPD).

The acceptance rate recorded for International Studies Quarterly is 24%.

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