Acta Politologica

Acta Politologica is published by Institute of Political Studies, Charles University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Eastern European Communism and Reforms and Populism, Right-Wing Movements, together about 41.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Acta Politologica (AcPo) is a peer-reviewed political science journal published by the Institute of Political Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University. It is also an official journal of the Czech Political Science Association. The journal was established in 2009 and is published twice a year (in April and October). AcPo issues are posted online. AcPo publishes articles in both English and Czech. Acta Politologica publishes texts on a wide range of political science themes, including comparative politics, political philosophy, political sociology, international relations, European studies, security studies etc. The journal accepts for peer-review original manuscripts based on the author's own research, as well as review articles, reviews, reports from conferences, etc. AcPo’s readership includes a wide range of people, who are interested in political science as a broad academic discipline. The journal addresses scholars and students, but also policy makers and other readers. AcPo is committed to objective, impartial and fair review process. All original articles undergo double-blind peer-review process, which results in at least two reviews and recommendations. The reviewers receive an anonymous version of the original scientific articles exclusively through the AcPo online submission system, which is also used for the subsequent submission of reviews. However, the editors reserve the right to “desk reject” (without review, or after a quick examination by an editorial board member) articles submitted to AcPo on the basis of a low quality of the articles (such as poor language, unclear message, inconsistency, inaccuracy, unsuitability, unclear impact or novelty of the article etc.). Acta Politologica is indexed in Scopus (since 2017), ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences; since 2015), CEEOL (Central and Eastern European Online Library), Google Scholar and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals; since 2019). AcPo has ISSN 1803-8220 for on-line version and ISSN 1804-1302 for printed version.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

ERIH PLUSDOAJPublisher website

Other: Google Scholar, CEEOL

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

1LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.17LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.86LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

7OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

2OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.6OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Average review time (community reports)

about 48 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub

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Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Institute of Political Studies, Charles University

Country or region

Czechia

Language

English, Czech

ISSN

1804-1302

Electronic ISSN

1803-8220

Society / sponsor

Czech Political Science Association

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗LetPub