East European Politics

East European Politics is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are European Union Policy and Governance, Electoral Systems and Political Participation and Political Conflict and Governance, together about 31% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

East European Politics is an international refereed journal which publishes cutting-edge research covering the government, politics, and societies of the post-communist space. In geographical terms, EEP covers the entire post-communist region, including East Central and South Eastern Europe, Russia and all the other countries of the former Soviet Union. The journal publishes original scholarship on political developments in individual countries, together with cross-country comparative analyses, and studies relating the post-communist region to other parts of the world. EEP accepts historical studies only where they show a clear and direct link to the politics of the contemporary post-communist space. The journal is open to multiple methodological approaches, but we only accept rigorous and clearly outlined research designs demonstrating the highest standards of conceptualisation and theory-building. In addition to research articles and a substantial book reviews section, EEP publishes thematic special issues. The journal also publishes regular ‘symposium’ sections and review articles devoted to briefer analysis of particular events, political issues, and important theoretical and conceptual developments. The Editors welcome proposals for these special collections. Peer Review All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Endorsements: "In every field of academic endeavor there are journals that are simply indispensable. In the field of East European Studies one of such journals is East European Politics. Everybody interested in the politics of the region will find in it timely, insightful, and theoretically savvy analyses of the situation in specific countries and extremely useful comparative panoramas." Jan Kubik President, The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Professor at Rutgers University and University College London "With its focus on the politics and government of Eastern Europe, East European Politics provides the ideal complement to West European Politics. Its comparative approach and its empirically rich analyses of the political systems of post-Communist Europe make it mandatory reading for anybody who is interested in how European countries converge and diverge." Klaus H. Goetz Chair in Political Systems and European Integration, University of Munich Co-editor, West European Politics " East Euro

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): POLITICAL SCIENCE

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, Netherlands 1, Austria 1, Russia 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q1 · 2025

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Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

1.75LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.8Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

3.4Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

6.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

6.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

1.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

1.1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

1.81LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.81Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

53OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

247OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.78OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

11.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

35.63%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

35LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

163,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

20%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

30 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

98 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

18 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

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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

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

2159-9165

Electronic ISSN

2159-9173

Latest issue on the website

Volume 42, Issue 3 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website