Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Politikon

Country

United Kingdom

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

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

H-Index

28

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

02589346, 14701014

Coverage

1974-2023

Information

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Scope

Published since 1974, Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies is the official journal of the South African Association of Political Studies. The journal has no connection to Politikon: IAPSS Journal of Political Science, founded by the International Association for Political Science Students in 2001. Politikon focuses primarily on South African politics and international relations, but not exclusively so. The journal is committed to publishing quality scholarship on Southern African politics, African politics and global political issues, both from a political economy and socio-political perspective. We particularly welcome submissions on topical socio-political and political economy issues in Global South. Over the years the journal has published articles by some of the world’s leading political scientists, including Arend Lijphart, Samuel Huntington, and Philippe Schmitter. It has also featured important contributions from South Africa’s leading political philosophers, political scientists and international relations experts. It has proved an influential journal, particularly in debates over the merits of South Africa’s constitutional reforms (in 1983 and 1994), as well as South Africa’s negotiated settlement (1990–94). In the last few years special issues have focused on women and politics in South Africa, the state of the discipline in South Africa, and the status of the South African democracy. Recent articles have looked at the negotiated transition from apartheid to democracy, aspects of identity politics in post-apartheid South Africa and issues of democratic consolidation and quality of democracy. 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
Political Science and International Relations2007Q3
Political Science and International Relations2008Q4
Political Science and International Relations2009Q3
Political Science and International Relations2010Q2
Political Science and International Relations2011Q2
Political Science and International Relations2012Q1
Political Science and International Relations2013Q3
Political Science and International Relations2014Q2
Political Science and International Relations2015Q2
Political Science and International Relations2016Q2
Political Science and International Relations2017Q2
Political Science and International Relations2018Q2
Political Science and International Relations2019Q2
Political Science and International Relations2020Q2
Political Science and International Relations2021Q2
Political Science and International Relations2022Q2
Political Science and International Relations2023Q2
Sociology and Political Science2007Q4
Sociology and Political Science2008Q4
Sociology and Political Science2009Q3
Sociology and Political Science2010Q2
Sociology and Political Science2011Q2
Sociology and Political Science2012Q2
Sociology and Political Science2013Q3
Sociology and Political Science2014Q2
Sociology and Political Science2015Q3
Sociology and Political Science2016Q2
Sociology and Political Science2017Q2
Sociology and Political Science2018Q2
Sociology and Political Science2019Q2
Sociology and Political Science2020Q2
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
20070.121
20080.100
20090.187
20100.376
20110.495
20120.522
20130.180
20140.411
20150.272
20160.375
20170.364
20180.461
20190.454
20200.404
20210.283
20220.451
20230.278
Total Documents

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

YearDocuments
199916
200017
200112
20029
200311
20048
200517
200621
200721
200817
200922
201018
201121
201221
201330
201426
201524
201628
201724
201829
201929
202027
202136
202228
202325
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)19990.206
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20000.340
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.333
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.233
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.222
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.388
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.375
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.333
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.246
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.313
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.579
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.963
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20111.090
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.718
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.841
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.811
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.602
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.792
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.806
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.931
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.857
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20201.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20211.073
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20221.322
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20231.133
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19990.206
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20000.375
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.375
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.267
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.237
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.438
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.393
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.278
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.261
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.322
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.441
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20101.150
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.702
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.787
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.567
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.806
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.545
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.788
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.846
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.855
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.926
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20201.061
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20211.047
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20221.228
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20231.187
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.387
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.485
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.241
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.286
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.350
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.316
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.280
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.184
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.095
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.316
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.667
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.800
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.590
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.476
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.549
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.518
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.640
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.654
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.731
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20191.038
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.948
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.679
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20221.238
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.922
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 Cites19994
Self Cites20001
Self Cites20010
Self Cites20022
Self Cites20030
Self Cites20040
Self Cites20050
Self Cites20061
Self Cites20070
Self Cites20080
Self Cites20092
Self Cites20102
Self Cites20115
Self Cites20127
Self Cites20132
Self Cites201411
Self Cites201512
Self Cites20169
Self Cites20174
Self Cites201812
Self Cites201910
Self Cites20208
Self Cites20212
Self Cites202211
Self Cites20231
Total Cites19997
Total Cites200015
Total Cites200118
Total Cites200212
Total Cites20039
Total Cites200414
Total Cites200511
Total Cites200610
Total Cites200712
Total Cites200819
Total Cites200926
Total Cites201069
Total Cites201140
Total Cites201248
Total Cites201334
Total Cites201458
Total Cites201542
Total Cites201663
Total Cites201766
Total Cites201865
Total Cites201975
Total Cites202087
Total Cites202189
Total Cites2022113
Total Cites2023108
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 document19990.088
External Cites per document20000.350
External Cites per document20010.375
External Cites per document20020.222
External Cites per document20030.237
External Cites per document20040.438
External Cites per document20050.393
External Cites per document20060.250
External Cites per document20070.261
External Cites per document20080.322
External Cites per document20090.407
External Cites per document20101.117
External Cites per document20110.614
External Cites per document20120.672
External Cites per document20130.533
External Cites per document20140.653
External Cites per document20150.390
External Cites per document20160.675
External Cites per document20170.795
External Cites per document20180.697
External Cites per document20190.802
External Cites per document20200.963
External Cites per document20211.024
External Cites per document20221.109
External Cites per document20231.176
Cites per document19990.206
Cites per document20000.375
Cites per document20010.375
Cites per document20020.267
Cites per document20030.237
Cites per document20040.438
Cites per document20050.393
Cites per document20060.278
Cites per document20070.261
Cites per document20080.322
Cites per document20090.441
Cites per document20101.150
Cites per document20110.702
Cites per document20120.787
Cites per document20130.567
Cites per document20140.806
Cites per document20150.545
Cites per document20160.788
Cites per document20170.846
Cites per document20180.855
Cites per document20190.926
Cites per document20201.061
Cites per document20211.047
Cites per document20221.228
Cites per document20231.187
% 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
20005.88
20010.00
20020.00
20039.09
20040.00
20050.00
200614.29
20074.76
20080.00
200922.73
20100.00
20114.76
20124.76
20136.67
20147.69
20158.33
201610.71
201712.50
20186.90
201917.24
202022.22
202122.22
202210.71
202316.00
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 documents19990
Non-citable documents20000
Non-citable documents20010
Non-citable documents20020
Non-citable documents20032
Non-citable documents20042
Non-citable documents20052
Non-citable documents20061
Non-citable documents20071
Non-citable documents20081
Non-citable documents20090
Non-citable documents20100
Non-citable documents20111
Non-citable documents20121
Non-citable documents20132
Non-citable documents20142
Non-citable documents20153
Non-citable documents20165
Non-citable documents20177
Non-citable documents20187
Non-citable documents20196
Non-citable documents20204
Non-citable documents20215
Non-citable documents20224
Non-citable documents20235
Citable documents199934
Citable documents200040
Citable documents200148
Citable documents200245
Citable documents200336
Citable documents200430
Citable documents200526
Citable documents200635
Citable documents200745
Citable documents200858
Citable documents200959
Citable documents201060
Citable documents201156
Citable documents201260
Citable documents201358
Citable documents201470
Citable documents201574
Citable documents201675
Citable documents201771
Citable documents201869
Citable documents201975
Citable documents202078
Citable documents202180
Citable documents202288
Citable documents202386
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 documents199929
Uncited documents200026
Uncited documents200135
Uncited documents200233
Uncited documents200330
Uncited documents200425
Uncited documents200518
Uncited documents200626
Uncited documents200736
Uncited documents200845
Uncited documents200942
Uncited documents201028
Uncited documents201135
Uncited documents201238
Uncited documents201338
Uncited documents201439
Uncited documents201548
Uncited documents201649
Uncited documents201744
Uncited documents201842
Uncited documents201950
Uncited documents202042
Uncited documents202150
Uncited documents202245
Uncited documents202345
Cited documents19995
Cited documents200014
Cited documents200113
Cited documents200212
Cited documents20038
Cited documents20047
Cited documents200510
Cited documents200610
Cited documents200710
Cited documents200814
Cited documents200917
Cited documents201032
Cited documents201122
Cited documents201223
Cited documents201322
Cited documents201433
Cited documents201529
Cited documents201631
Cited documents201734
Cited documents201834
Cited documents201931
Cited documents202040
Cited documents202135
Cited documents202247
Cited documents202346
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