Journal profile
Comillas Journal of International Relations
ISSN 2386-5776 · Universidad Pontificia Comillas · Spain
Comillas Journal of International Relations: fully open access; no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: This journal is not accepting submissions at this time. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Comillas Journal of International Relations is published by Universidad Pontificia Comillas. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Relations and Foreign Policy, European Union Policy and Governance and European Politics and Security, together about 37.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Comillas Journal of International Relations is a quarterly scientific journal edited as an Open Access Journal by the Department of International Relations (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences) of the Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Comillas Journal of International Relations seeks to be a journal that, from the most academic rigour, provides a valuable service to society as a world not only globalised, but also troubled. It also aims to be an effective tool for the comprehensive training of students at Universidad Pontificia Comillas, fundamentally those linked to the degree in International Relations, in the different combinations offered by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 25, United States 7, United Kingdom 6, Portugal 2, Argentina 2 (44 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences23.5%
- European Union Policy and GovernanceSocial Sciences7.1%
- European Politics and SecuritySocial Sciences6.8%
- Spanish History and PoliticsArts and Humanities6.5%
- International Relations in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences4.5%
- Global Political and Social DynamicsSocial Sciences4.5%
- World Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactSocial Sciences4%
- Global Political and Economic RelationsSocial Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
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
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.86OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 227 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 43 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 53 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 28 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 37 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- reviewiographical references. The length of a Review is 1,000 words. All text should be in Times New Roman font. The font sizemain text ≤ 1,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship
No limit on number of authors Model summary
The journal does not impose any limit on the number of authors, as long as this number is justified by the complexity of the study.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence; authors retain IP rights Model summary
The authors of articles published in Comillas Journal of International Relations retain the intellectual property rights over their works and grant the journal their distribution and public communication rights, consenting to their publication under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivates 4.0 Unported. Authors are encouraged to publish their work on the Internet (for example, on i…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open Access Journal Model summary
Comillas Journal of International Relations is a quarterly scientific journal edited as an Open Access Journal by the Department of International Relations (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences) of the Universidad Pontificia Comillas.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Pre-evaluation & Peer Review
Double-anonymous peer review by two external reviewers Model summary
Once the manuscript has been received, a pre-assessment of the text will be carried out to analyse whether the subject of the article is of interest and appropriate to the scope of the journal and whether it meets the minimum quality requirements, as well as the formal submission specifications (see above) and style guidelines (see below).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Original work only; not published or under review elsewhere Model summary
The work to be submitted must be original, not having been published or accepted for publication in the same or another language nor being in the process of being published or assessed by another journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2386-5776
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Comillas Journal of International Relations
How long does peer review take at Comillas Journal of International Relations?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Comillas Journal of International Relations?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Comillas Journal of International Relations based?
Of the 44 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (25), United States (7) and United Kingdom (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Is Comillas Journal of International Relations open access, and what is the APC?
Comillas Journal of International Relations is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .