Journal profile · Multiple
Review of International Political Economy
ISSN 0969-2290 · eISSN 1466-4526 · Taylor & Francis
Review of International Political Economy: CAS Zone 2 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.78; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,450; median 395 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 11% (journal website); 111 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Review of International Political Economy is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Development and Aid, Global Financial Crisis and Policies and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism, together about 26.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Review of International Political Economy ( RIPE ) has successfully established itself as a leading international journal dedicated to the systematic exploration of the international political economy from a plurality of perspectives. The journal encourages a global and interdisciplinary approach across issues and fields of inquiry. It seeks to act as a point of convergence for political economists, international relations scholars, geographers, and sociologists, and is committed to the publication of work that explores such issues as international trade and finance, production and consumption, and global governance and regulation, in conjunction with issues of culture, identity, gender, and ecology. The journal eschews monolithic perspectives and seeks to publish excellent innovative work that is pluralist in its orientation, engages with the broad literatures of IPE, and combines the very best of both theoretical and empirical new insights. Peer Review All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial screening by editors and subsequent double anonymized refereeing by multiple reviewers.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Milan BabicPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Development and AidSocial Sciences12.5%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.2%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.2%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences5.9%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- State Capitalism and Financial GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.7%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.8%
- Global Financial Regulation and CrisesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, International Political Science Abstracts, British Humanities Index, International Bibliographies, Social Sciences Index, Sociological Abstracts
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
- Impact factor
- 4.78LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 11Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.51LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 2.51Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.88LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 2.88Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 128OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,081OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 43.75%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 101LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 758,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 758,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,665 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 81 | 69 | 38 |
| 2025 | 111 | 83 | 633 |
| 2024 | 57 | 35 | 536 |
| 2023 | 72 | 49 | 1,286 |
| 2022 | 58 | 32 | 1,328 |
| 2021 | 71 | 41 | 2,432 |
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
395 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 318 days – 485 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 33 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 442 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (201 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".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 87 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 87 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | USD 3,450 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Review of International Political Economy is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the d…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial screening by editors and subsequent double anonymized refereeing by multiple reviewers.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0969-2290
- Electronic ISSN
- 1466-4526
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Review of International Political Economy
What CAS zone is Review of International Political Economy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Review of International Political Economy is in Zone 2 of Economics, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Economics / International Relations / Political Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Review of International Political Economy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.78; CiteScore 11, h-index 128.
How long does peer review take at Review of International Political Economy?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 395 days (interquartile range 318–485 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 11% (2025). 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.
What JCR quartile is Review of International Political Economy in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Economics.
Which databases index Review of International Political Economy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Review of International Political Economy is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Review of International Political Economy open access, and what is the APC?
Review of International Political Economy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,450.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .