Scimago Journal & Country Rank

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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
History2013Q4
History2014Q2
History2015Q1
History2016Q2
History2017Q2
History2018Q1
History2019Q1
History2020Q1
History2021Q1
History2022Q1
Political Science and International Relations2013Q4
Political Science and International Relations2014Q3
Political Science and International Relations2015Q2
Political Science and International Relations2016Q3
Political Science and International Relations2017Q3
Political Science and International Relations2018Q2
Political Science and International Relations2019Q2
Political Science and International Relations2020Q2
Political Science and International Relations2021Q2
Political Science and International Relations2022Q3
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
20130.100
20140.159
20150.339
20160.201
20170.194
20180.299
20190.286
20200.229
20210.336
20220.208
Total Documents

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

YearDocuments
201248
201349
2014114
2015130
2016124
2017157
2018168
2019183
2020184
2021199
2022188
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)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.021
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.082
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.156
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.194
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.276
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.446
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.598
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.484
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.569
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.406
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.021
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.082
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.156
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.205
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.285
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.516
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.626
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.484
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.645
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.481
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.021
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.082
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.196
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.217
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.354
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.605
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.615
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.541
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.757
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.590
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 Cites20120
Self Cites20131
Self Cites20145
Self Cites201517
Self Cites201636
Self Cites201767
Self Cites2018104
Self Cites2019155
Self Cites2020128
Self Cites2021211
Self Cites2022173
Total Cites20120
Total Cites20131
Total Cites20148
Total Cites201533
Total Cites201660
Total Cites2017105
Total Cites2018212
Total Cites2019281
Total Cites2020246
Total Cites2021345
Total Cites2022272
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 document20120
External Cites per document20130.000
External Cites per document20140.032
External Cites per document20150.077
External Cites per document20160.082
External Cites per document20170.103
External Cites per document20180.263
External Cites per document20190.281
External Cites per document20200.232
External Cites per document20210.250
External Cites per document20220.175
Cites per document20120.000
Cites per document20130.021
Cites per document20140.082
Cites per document20150.156
Cites per document20160.205
Cites per document20170.285
Cites per document20180.516
Cites per document20190.626
Cites per document20200.484
Cites per document20210.645
Cites per document20220.481
% 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
20120.00
201312.24
20149.65
20156.15
20166.45
20177.01
201822.62
201920.77
202022.83
202127.64
202225.53
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 documents20120
Non-citable documents20132
Non-citable documents20142
Non-citable documents20152
Non-citable documents20160
Non-citable documents20170
Non-citable documents20180
Non-citable documents20190
Non-citable documents20200
Non-citable documents20210
Non-citable documents20220
Citable documents20120
Citable documents201346
Citable documents201495
Citable documents2015209
Citable documents2016293
Citable documents2017368
Citable documents2018411
Citable documents2019449
Citable documents2020508
Citable documents2021535
Citable documents2022566
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 documents20120
Uncited documents201347
Uncited documents201490
Uncited documents2015189
Uncited documents2016248
Uncited documents2017297
Uncited documents2018296
Uncited documents2019313
Uncited documents2020377
Uncited documents2021382
Uncited documents2022434
Cited documents20120
Cited documents20131
Cited documents20147
Cited documents201522
Cited documents201645
Cited documents201771
Cited documents2018115
Cited documents2019136
Cited documents2020131
Cited documents2021153
Cited documents2022132
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