Citation metrics
- SJR best quartile (2025) = Q2 in Political Science and International Relations
- SJR best quartile (2024) = Q2 in Political Science and International Relations
- SJR (2025) = 0.480
- SJR (2024) = 0.325
- CiteScore (2025 = 1.9 (as of 5 April 2026; finalised CiteScore to be announced later in 2026)
- CiteScore (2024) = 1.3 (Q2 - Political Science and International Relations)
- SNIP (2025) = to be announced
- SNIP (2024) = 0.998
Speed & acceptance rate
- Acceptance rate (2025) = 6.4 %
- Desk rejection rate (2025) = 90.8 %
- Post-review rejection rate (2025) = 23 % (i.e. 77 % of manuscripts sent to external reviewers published)
- From initial submission to initial editorial decision (2025) = 9 days (average)
- From initial submission to online (ahead of print) publication (2025) = 8 months (average)
- From initial submission to print publication (2025) = 8 months (average)