Journal profile · POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political Research Quarterly
ISSN 1065-9129 · eISSN 1938-274X · SAGE
Political Research Quarterly: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.82; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 95 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Political Research Quarterly is published by SAGE and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Gender Politics and Representation and Social Media and Politics, together about 42.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (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
- Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Sciences26.3%
- Gender Politics and RepresentationSocial Sciences9%
- Social Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences7%
- Political Influence and Corporate StrategiesBusiness, Management and Accounting6.8%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences6.7%
- Legal and Constitutional StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences3.8%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 3 |
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 | 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
- 1.82LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 139OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,636OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.95OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 27.52%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 89LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,965 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 90 | 37 | 12 |
| 2025 | 95 | 37 | 142 |
| 2024 | 94 | 51 | 389 |
| 2023 | 81 | 32 | 501 |
| 2022 | 116 | 31 | 1,379 |
| 2021 | 84 | 21 | 1,148 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 4 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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
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 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — |
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1065-9129
- Electronic ISSN
- 1938-274X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Political Research Quarterly
What CAS zone is Political Research Quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Political Research Quarterly is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Political Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Political Research Quarterly?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.82; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 139.
Which databases index Political Research Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Political Research Quarterly is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Political Research Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Political Research Quarterly is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
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: .