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Political Theory

Political Theory is a journal indexed in SJR in Sociology and Political Science and History with an H index of 73. It has an SJR impact factor of 0,712 and it has a best quartile of Q1. It is published in English. It has an SJR impact factor of 0,712.

ISSN: 0090-5917

Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.

Category: Sociology and Political Science

Indexation: verifiedScopus / SJR verifiedWeb of Science

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SJR Impact Factor trending_up

0,712 Q1

H-index 73

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28% Selective

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SJR Impact

0,712

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Docs (year)

Docs 3y

126

Total refs

2322

Cites 3y

169

Citable 3y

112

Cites/Doc 2y

1.13

Ref/Doc

61.11

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Political Theory has an SJR of 0,712 (best quartile Q1) in the CountryOfPapers database.

Immediate OA APC is not available (NPD).

The acceptance rate recorded for Political Theory is 28%.

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