Journal profile · POLITICAL SCIENCE
Insight Turkey
ISSN 1302-177X · Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Cooperation
Insight Turkey: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 74 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Insight Turkey is published by Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Cooperation 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 International Relations and Foreign Policy, Turkey's Politics and Society and Middle East Politics and Society, together about 39.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (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
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences16.6%
- Turkey's Politics and SocietySocial Sciences12%
- Middle East Politics and SocietySocial Sciences10.9%
- Historical Turkish StudiesSocial Sciences9.3%
- European Politics and SecuritySocial Sciences6.9%
- Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSocial Sciences3.9%
- Global Political and Economic RelationsSocial Sciences3.5%
- European and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesSocial Sciences3.4%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| 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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | Q3 | 984/1530 | 35th |
| Political Science and International Relations | Q3 | 499/745 | 33rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ULAKBİMPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 89OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.61OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 59LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 715 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 78 | 0 | 429 |
| 2025 | 74 | 20 | 427 |
| 2024 | 71 | 9 | 371 |
| 2023 | 58 | 13 | 400 |
| 2022 | 54 | 7 | 309 |
| 2021 | 62 | 25 | 356 |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics
Information on Research and Publication Ethics Model summary
Information on Research and Publication Ethics
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
- Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Cooperation
- ISSN
- 1302-177X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Insight Turkey
What CAS zone is Insight Turkey in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Insight Turkey 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 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Insight Turkey?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Insight Turkey is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Insight Turkey open access, and what is the APC?
Insight Turkey 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .