Journal profile · POLITICAL SCIENCE
Critical Review
ISSN 0891-3811 · eISSN 1933-8007 · Taylor & Francis
Critical Review: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.26; hybrid open access; 23 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Critical Review is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Political Philosophy and Ethics, Economic Theory and Institutions and Electoral Systems and Political Participation, together about 35% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society is a political science journal primarily dedicated to advancing political theory with an epistemological bent. A secondary focus of the journal is on empirical work that is epistemologically informed. Critical Review is the only journal in which the ideational determinants of political behavior are investigated empirically as well as being assessed for their normative implications. Thus, while normative political theorists are the main contributors to Critical Review, we also publish scholarship on the realities of public opinion, the media, technocratic decision making, ideological reasoning, and other empirical phenomena.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): POLITICAL SCIENCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Political Philosophy and EthicsSocial Sciences13.6%
- Economic Theory and InstitutionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.7%
- Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Sciences8.7%
- Political Economy and MarxismSocial Sciences8.2%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.7%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science3.8%
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.26LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 330OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 15.25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,132 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 23 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 30 | 6 | 47 |
| 2023 | 20 | 7 | 131 |
| 2022 | 16 | 5 | 153 |
| 2021 | 27 | 3 | 72 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0891-3811
- Electronic ISSN
- 1933-8007
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Critical Review
What CAS zone is Critical Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Critical Review 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.
What is the impact factor of Critical Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.26; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 57.
Which databases index Critical Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Critical Review is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Critical Review open access, and what is the APC?
Critical Review is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .