World Politics

ISSN: 0043-8871• JCR: WORLD POLITCambridge University PressUnited Kingdom
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2.5
2025 Impact Factor
4.3
5-Year Impact Factor
Q1
JCR Quartile
B1
CAS Block

World Politics impact factor and JCR quartile

The 2025 impact factor for World Politics is 2.5. The 5-year impact factor is 4.3. The journal is listed as JCR Q1 in the current Journal Metrics dataset.

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Ranking position in Social Sciences

Ranked #1,657 in Social Sciences by impact factor and #1,385 among Q1 Social Sciences journals. This context helps compare World Politics against journals publishing in the same field.

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World Politics publication trend

Published 160 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 2.5.

2026 vs 2025: -35
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Journal Details

Total Articles
2,826
H-Index
215
Open Access
Hybrid
Subject Areas
Economics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International RelationsPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceDevelopment

Article Volume

2021
33
2022
24
2023
56
2024
35
2025
40
2026
5
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