Scimago Journal & Country Rank

World Political Science

Country

Germany

Universities and research institutions in Germany
Media Ranking in Germany

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

De Gruyter Open Ltd.

H-Index

8

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

23634782

Coverage

2015-2019

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

linda.cardinal@uottawa.ca

Scope

World Political Science (WPS) publishes translations of prize-winning articles nominated by prominent national political science associations and journals around the world. Scholars in a field as international as political science need to know about important political research produced outside the English-speaking world. Sponsored by the International Political Science Association (IPSA), the premiere global political science organization with membership from national assoications 50 countries worldwide WPS gathers together and translates an ever-increasing number of countries' best political science articles, bridging the language barriers that have made this cutting-edge research inaccessible up to now. Articles in the World Political Science cover a wide range of subjects of interest to readers concerned with the systematic analysis of political issues facing national, sub-national and international governments and societies. Fields include Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Sociology, Political Theory, Political Economy, and Public Administration and Policy. Anyone interested in the central issues of the day, whether they are students, policy makers, or other citizens, will benefit from greater familiarity with debates about the nature and solutions to social, economic and political problems carried on in non-English language forums. 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 Relations2010Q4
Political Science and International Relations2011Q2
Political Science and International Relations2012Q4
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 Relations2018Q3
Political Science and International Relations2019Q4
Political Science and International Relations2020Q3
Political Science and International Relations2021Q2
Political Science and International Relations2022Q4
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
20100.121
20110.270
20120.107
20130.122
20140.157
20150.282
20160.145
20170.211
20180.207
20190.122
20200.169
20210.275
20220.127
Total Documents

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

YearDocuments
20100
20110
20120
20130
20140
201517
201615
201714
201811
20197
20200
20210
20220
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)20100.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.118
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.281
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.391
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.404
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.489
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.531
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.778
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.118
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.281
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.391
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.300
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.531
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.722
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.571
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.118
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.281
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.345
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.120
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.444
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.286
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.000
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 Cites20100
Self Cites20110
Self Cites20120
Self Cites20130
Self Cites20140
Self Cites20150
Self Cites20160
Self Cites20170
Self Cites20180
Self Cites20190
Self Cites20200
Self Cites20210
Self Cites20220
Total Cites20100
Total Cites20110
Total Cites20120
Total Cites20130
Total Cites20140
Total Cites20150
Total Cites20162
Total Cites20179
Total Cites201818
Total Cites201912
Total Cites202017
Total Cites202113
Total Cites20224
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 document20100
External Cites per document20110
External Cites per document20120
External Cites per document20130
External Cites per document20140
External Cites per document20150
External Cites per document20160.118
External Cites per document20170.281
External Cites per document20180.391
External Cites per document20190.300
External Cites per document20200.531
External Cites per document20210.722
External Cites per document20220.571
Cites per document20100.000
Cites per document20110.000
Cites per document20120.000
Cites per document20130.000
Cites per document20140.000
Cites per document20150.000
Cites per document20160.118
Cites per document20170.281
Cites per document20180.391
Cites per document20190.300
Cites per document20200.531
Cites per document20210.722
Cites per document20220.571
% 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
20100
20110
20120
20130
20140
20150.00
20166.67
201714.29
20189.09
20190.00
20200
20210
20220
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 documents20100
Non-citable documents20110
Non-citable documents20120
Non-citable documents20130
Non-citable documents20140
Non-citable documents20150
Non-citable documents20160
Non-citable documents20170
Non-citable documents20180
Non-citable documents20190
Non-citable documents20200
Non-citable documents20210
Non-citable documents20220
Citable documents20100
Citable documents20110
Citable documents20120
Citable documents20130
Citable documents20140
Citable documents20150
Citable documents201617
Citable documents201732
Citable documents201846
Citable documents201940
Citable documents202032
Citable documents202118
Citable documents20227
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 documents20100
Uncited documents20110
Uncited documents20120
Uncited documents20130
Uncited documents20140
Uncited documents20150
Uncited documents201615
Uncited documents201725
Uncited documents201834
Uncited documents201929
Uncited documents202021
Uncited documents202113
Uncited documents20226
Cited documents20100
Cited documents20110
Cited documents20120
Cited documents20130
Cited documents20140
Cited documents20150
Cited documents20162
Cited documents20177
Cited documents201812
Cited documents201911
Cited documents202011
Cited documents20215
Cited documents20221
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
20100.00
20110.00
20120.00
20130.00
20140.00
201533.33
201645.83
201730.00
201826.67
201927.27
20200.00
20210.00
20220.00
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton20100
Overton20110
Overton20120
Overton20130
Overton20140
Overton20151
Overton20161
Overton20171
Overton20180
Overton20190
Overton20200
Overton20210
Overton20220
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evolution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG20181
SDG20193
SDG20200
SDG20210
SDG20220
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