Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Scottish Affairs

Country

United Kingdom

Universities and research institutions in United Kingdom
Media Ranking in United Kingdom

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

H-Index

18

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

09660356, 2053888X

Coverage

1996-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

M.J.Rosie@ed.ac.uk

Scope

Scottish Affairs, founded in 1992, is the leading forum for debate on Scottish current affairs. Its predecessor was Scottish Government Yearbooks, published by the University of Edinburgh's 'Unit for the Study of Government in Scotland' between 1976 and 1992. The movement towards the setting up the Scottish Parliament in the 1990s, and then the debate in and around the Parliament since 1999, brought the need for a new analysis of Scottish politics, policy and society. Scottish Affairs provides that opportunity. Fully peer-reviewed, it publishes articles on matters of concern to people who are interested in the development of Scotland, often setting current affairs in an international or historical context, and in a context of debates about culture and identity. This includes articles about similarly placed small nations and regions throughout Europe and beyond. The articles are authoritative and rigorous without being technical and pedantic. No subject area is excluded, but all articles pay attention to the social and political context of their topics. Thus Scottish Affairs takes up a position between informed journalism and academic analysis, and provides a forum for dialogue between the two. The readers and contributors include journalists, politicians, civil servants, business people, academics, and people in general who take an informed interest in current affairs. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Sociology and Political Science2017Q4
Sociology and Political Science2018Q3
Sociology and Political Science2019Q3
Sociology and Political Science2020Q3
Sociology and Political Science2021Q2
Sociology and Political Science2022Q2
Sociology and Political Science2023Q2
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20170.108
20180.207
20190.163
20200.155
20210.273
20220.371
20230.323
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
199931
200033
200148
200227
200332
200430
200524
200632
200725
200823
200925
201023
201129
201223
201318
201429
201525
201625
201721
201830
201919
202034
202136
202229
202326
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19990.231
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20000.221
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.238
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.287
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.353
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.307
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.314
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.345
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.305
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.234
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.260
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.286
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.271
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.270
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.120
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.172
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.374
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.347
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.278
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.490
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.347
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.789
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.625
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.731
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20230.661
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19990.231
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20000.292
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.272
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.295
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.352
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.271
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.427
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.291
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.314
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.247
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.300
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.233
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.197
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.260
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.133
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.214
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.429
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.389
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.304
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.437
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.355
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.814
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.675
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.820
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.596
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.276
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.281
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.259
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.293
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.339
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.177
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.296
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.268
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.281
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.292
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.229
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.146
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.192
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.154
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.122
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.489
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.444
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.320
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.413
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.255
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.755
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.698
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.886
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.462
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites19995
Self Cites20009
Self Cites20017
Self Cites20028
Self Cites200312
Self Cites20046
Self Cites20052
Self Cites20066
Self Cites20070
Self Cites20086
Self Cites20092
Self Cites20102
Self Cites20111
Self Cites20122
Self Cites20132
Self Cites20144
Self Cites201512
Self Cites20163
Self Cites20177
Self Cites20183
Self Cites20194
Self Cites20205
Self Cites20217
Self Cites202212
Self Cites20239
Total Cites199921
Total Cites200026
Total Cites200122
Total Cites200233
Total Cites200338
Total Cites200429
Total Cites200538
Total Cites200625
Total Cites200727
Total Cites200820
Total Cites200924
Total Cites201017
Total Cites201114
Total Cites201220
Total Cites201310
Total Cites201415
Total Cites201530
Total Cites201628
Total Cites201724
Total Cites201831
Total Cites201927
Total Cites202057
Total Cites202156
Total Cites202273
Total Cites202359
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19990.176
External Cites per document20000.191
External Cites per document20010.185
External Cites per document20020.223
External Cites per document20030.241
External Cites per document20040.215
External Cites per document20050.404
External Cites per document20060.221
External Cites per document20070.314
External Cites per document20080.173
External Cites per document20090.275
External Cites per document20100.205
External Cites per document20110.183
External Cites per document20120.234
External Cites per document20130.107
External Cites per document20140.157
External Cites per document20150.257
External Cites per document20160.347
External Cites per document20170.215
External Cites per document20180.394
External Cites per document20190.303
External Cites per document20200.743
External Cites per document20210.590
External Cites per document20220.685
External Cites per document20230.505
Cites per document19990.231
Cites per document20000.292
Cites per document20010.272
Cites per document20020.295
Cites per document20030.352
Cites per document20040.271
Cites per document20050.427
Cites per document20060.291
Cites per document20070.314
Cites per document20080.247
Cites per document20090.300
Cites per document20100.233
Cites per document20110.197
Cites per document20120.260
Cites per document20130.133
Cites per document20140.214
Cites per document20150.429
Cites per document20160.389
Cites per document20170.304
Cites per document20180.437
Cites per document20190.355
Cites per document20200.814
Cites per document20210.675
Cites per document20220.820
Cites per document20230.596
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
19990.00
20000.00
20010.00
20020.00
20030.00
200410.00
20050.00
20060.00
20070.00
20080.00
20090.00
20100.00
20113.45
20120.00
20130.00
20146.90
20158.00
201612.00
20174.76
20180.00
20190.00
20202.94
20212.78
20226.90
202311.54
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents19995
Non-citable documents20003
Non-citable documents20013
Non-citable documents20023
Non-citable documents20037
Non-citable documents200411
Non-citable documents200514
Non-citable documents200610
Non-citable documents20076
Non-citable documents20085
Non-citable documents20096
Non-citable documents201010
Non-citable documents201110
Non-citable documents201219
Non-citable documents201317
Non-citable documents201420
Non-citable documents201511
Non-citable documents20168
Non-citable documents20173
Non-citable documents20182
Non-citable documents20192
Non-citable documents20202
Non-citable documents20211
Non-citable documents20221
Non-citable documents20231
Citable documents199986
Citable documents200086
Citable documents200178
Citable documents2002109
Citable documents2003101
Citable documents200496
Citable documents200575
Citable documents200676
Citable documents200780
Citable documents200876
Citable documents200974
Citable documents201063
Citable documents201161
Citable documents201258
Citable documents201358
Citable documents201450
Citable documents201559
Citable documents201664
Citable documents201776
Citable documents201869
Citable documents201974
Citable documents202068
Citable documents202182
Citable documents202288
Citable documents202398
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents199975
Uncited documents200074
Uncited documents200163
Uncited documents200292
Uncited documents200383
Uncited documents200484
Uncited documents200570
Uncited documents200666
Uncited documents200768
Uncited documents200864
Uncited documents200962
Uncited documents201058
Uncited documents201159
Uncited documents201265
Uncited documents201366
Uncited documents201458
Uncited documents201547
Uncited documents201650
Uncited documents201761
Uncited documents201848
Uncited documents201960
Uncited documents202041
Uncited documents202150
Uncited documents202254
Uncited documents202368
Cited documents199916
Cited documents200015
Cited documents200118
Cited documents200220
Cited documents200325
Cited documents200423
Cited documents200519
Cited documents200620
Cited documents200718
Cited documents200817
Cited documents200918
Cited documents201015
Cited documents201112
Cited documents201212
Cited documents20139
Cited documents201412
Cited documents201523
Cited documents201622
Cited documents201718
Cited documents201823
Cited documents201916
Cited documents202029
Cited documents202133
Cited documents202235
Cited documents202331
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