Speed & acceptance rate
- Acceptance rate (2023) = 11%
- Desk rejection rate (2023) = 77%
- Post-review rejection rate (2023) = 32% (i.e. 68% of manuscripts sent to external reviewers published)
- From submission to initial editorial decision (2023) = 7.4 days (average)
- From submission to online (ahead of print) publication (2023) = 7.6 months (average)
- From submission to print publication (2023) = 9.5 months (average)
Citation metrics
- SJR best quartile (2023) = Q2 - Political Science and International Relations
- SJR (2023) = 0.26
- CiteScore (2023 - data as of 5 April 2024) = 0.6
- SNIP (2022) = 0.236