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International Political Sociology
ISSN 1749-5679 · eISSN 1749-5687 · Oxford University Press
International Political Sociology: CAS Zone 1 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 3.07; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,320; 51 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Political Sociology is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 1 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Security and Public Health, Migration, Refugees, and Integration and Peacebuilding and International Security, together about 33% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Political Sociology is one of seven journals supported by the International Studies Association. It responds to the need for more productive collaboration among sociologists, international relations specialists and sociopolitical theorists. IPS offers a meeting place for scholars from all over the world, and strongly encourages transdisciplinary and critical analyses of contemporary global phenomena. Issues of particular concern for IPS are those challenges arising from contemporary transformations of social, political, and global orders, especially given that many approaches to international relations reproduce statist forms that marginalize and silence multiple social processes. IPS draws especially on traditions of historical, legal, cultural, economic and political sociology that address global orders and changes, as well as on the cognate fields of socio-political theory, anthropology and human geography. It is committed to theoretical innovation, the decentering of dominant modes of knowledge production and novel approaches to empirical research. Most importantly, IPS is committed to the geographical and cultural diversification of research beyond the usual circuits of European and North-American scholarship. In order to help broaden the community engaging in international studies, the journal will facilitate the submission of articles in languages other than English. Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 3.2 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 4.1 Sociology (Rank by Impact Factor) 21/222 International Relations (Rank by Impact Factor) 25/173 Political Science (Rank by Impact Factor) 57/332 2025 Cited Half-Life 8.4 years 2025 Immediacy Index 0.3 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00168 2025 Article Influence Score 1.471 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 4.3 Sociology And Political Science (Rank by CiteScore) 278/1530 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 1.518 Readership 2025 Full Text Usage 183,699 About metrics Disclaimer Statements of fact and opinion in the articles in International Political Sociology are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of the Journal, International Studies Association, or Oxford University Press, unless otherwise expressly indicated. Neither Oxford University Press, International Studies Association, nor the Journal make any representation, express or implied, in respect of the accuracy of the material in the Journal and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors o
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Jessica AuchterPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 2, Brazil 2, United States 1, Canada 1, Ukraine 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Security and Public HealthSocial Sciences15.2%
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences10.1%
- Peacebuilding and International SecuritySocial Sciences7.7%
- Gender, Security, and ConflictSocial Sciences6.3%
- Political Conflict and GovernanceSocial Sciences6.1%
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences5.6%
- Foucault, Power, and EthicsSocial Sciences4.6%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 3 |
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
- 3.07LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 397OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 71.19%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 42LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 183,699Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 776 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 27 | 21 |
| 2025 | 51 | 35 | 69 |
| 2024 | 55 | 47 | 400 |
| 2023 | 23 | 22 | 338 |
| 2022 | 24 | 15 | 350 |
| 2021 | 32 | 18 | 729 |
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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,320 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Chicago
- Not considered
- Special Issues
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- collective discussion piecesTo speak more directly to our goal of transdisciplinary engagement, collaboration, inclusion, and innovation, IPS also publishes Collective Discussion pieces.Length not stated
- research articlesubmitted to IPS via Manuscriptcentral. Research articles should be between 8,000 and 10,000 words and involve two parts: (1) a fully anonymized article (themain text ≤ 10,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Self-archiving
- Open access Open Access
International Political Sociology offers the option of publishing under either a standard licence or an open access licence. Please note that some funders require open access publication as a condition of funding. If you are unsure whether you are required to publish open access, please do clarify any such requirements with your funder or institution. Should you wish to publish your article open a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Originality required; manuscript must not be under consideration elsewhere. Model summary
Manuscripts will be accepted for review on the understanding that their content is original and that the manuscript has not been accepted for publication or review elsewhere.
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
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 1749-5679
- Electronic ISSN
- 1749-5687
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, Issue 4 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Political Sociology
What CAS zone is International Political Sociology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Political Sociology is in Zone 1 of Sociology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category International Relations / Sociology / Political Science; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Political Sociology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.07; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 81.
Where are the editorial board members of International Political Sociology based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (2), Brazil (2) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Political Sociology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Political Sociology is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is International Political Sociology open access, and what is the APC?
International Political Sociology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,320.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .