Journal profile · POLITICAL SCIENCE
American Political Thought
ISSN 2161-1580 · eISSN 2161-1599 · University of Chicago Press
American Political Thought: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 50 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Political Thought is published by University of Chicago Press and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are American Constitutional Law and Politics, Political Theory and Influence and Political Philosophy and Ethics, together about 58.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): POLITICAL SCIENCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences36.7%
- Political Theory and InfluenceSocial Sciences14.9%
- Political Philosophy and EthicsSocial Sciences7.1%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences5.7%
- American History and CultureBusiness, Management and Accounting5.6%
- Religion and Society InteractionsSocial Sciences3.9%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences3.7%
- Legal and Constitutional StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 806 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 50 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 51 | 0 | 10 |
| 2023 | 50 | 2 | 42 |
| 2022 | 49 | 1 | 38 |
| 2021 | 56 | 1 | 35 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- ISSN
- 2161-1580
- Electronic ISSN
- 2161-1599
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Political Thought
What CAS zone is American Political Thought in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Political Thought is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Political Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index American Political Thought?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Political Thought is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is American Political Thought open access, and what is the APC?
American Political Thought is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .