Journal profile · INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Peace Review-A Journal of Social Justice
ISSN 1040-2659 · eISSN 1469-9982 · Taylor & Francis
Peace Review-A Journal of Social Justice: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; median 133 days to acceptance (78 articles, last 24 months); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Peace Review-A Journal of Social Justice 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 Global Peace and Security Dynamics, Peacebuilding and International Security and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 27.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Peace and Security DynamicsSocial Sciences11%
- Peacebuilding and International SecuritySocial Sciences8.8%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7.9%
- Peace and Human Rights EducationSocial Sciences5.5%
- Political Conflict and GovernanceSocial Sciences5.1%
- Gender, Security, and ConflictSocial Sciences4.1%
- Diverse Specialized Academic ResearchEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
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 | International Relations | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 310OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.78OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.88%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,889 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 41 | 10 | 19 |
| 2024 | 81 | 20 | 93 |
| 2023 | 64 | 20 | 175 |
| 2022 | 63 | 10 | 201 |
| 2021 | 69 | 7 | 131 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
133 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 70 days – 189 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (79 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 145 days
- Sample
- 78 articles with submission and acceptance dates (87 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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 accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1040-2659
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-9982
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Peace Review-A Journal of Social Justice
What CAS zone is Peace Review-A Journal of Social Justice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Peace Review-A Journal of Social Justice is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category International Relations. 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.
How long does peer review take at Peace Review-A Journal of Social Justice?
Based on the dates recorded on 78 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 133 days (interquartile range 70–189 days). 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.
Which databases index Peace Review-A Journal of Social Justice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Peace Review-A Journal of Social Justice is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Peace Review-A Journal of Social Justice open access, and what is the APC?
Peace Review-A Journal of Social Justice is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .