Journal profile · POLITICAL SCIENCE
RUSI Journal
ISSN 0307-1847 · eISSN 1744-0378 · Taylor & Francis
RUSI Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; median 106 days to acceptance (39 articles, last 24 months); 65 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
RUSI Journal 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 Military History and Strategy, International Relations and Foreign Policy and Defense, Military, and Policy Studies, together about 36.3% 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
- Military History and StrategySocial Sciences14.2%
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences11.5%
- Defense, Military, and Policy StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering9.1%
- European and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesSocial Sciences7.3%
- Military Strategy and TechnologyEngineering7%
- World Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactSocial Sciences6.3%
- Military and Defense StudiesSocial Sciences4.7%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | Q3 | 408/745 | 45th |
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
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
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 410OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25.78%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 42LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,192 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 142 | 53 | 574 |
| 2025 | 65 | 28 | 1,128 |
| 2024 | 61 | 32 | 1,826 |
| 2023 | 67 | 22 | 1,814 |
| 2022 | 62 | 16 | 1,710 |
| 2021 | 66 | 19 | 1,727 |
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
106 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 71 days – 164 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 43 days (39 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 173 days
- Sample
- 39 articles with submission and acceptance dates (212 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0307-1847
- Electronic ISSN
- 1744-0378
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about RUSI Journal
What CAS zone is RUSI Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, RUSI Journal 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 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at RUSI Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 39 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 106 days (interquartile range 71–164 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 RUSI Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, RUSI Journal is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is RUSI Journal open access, and what is the APC?
RUSI Journal is a hybrid 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: .