Journal profile · INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Science & Global Security
ISSN 0892-9882 · eISSN 1547-7800 · Taylor & Francis
Science & Global Security: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.5 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); subscription journal; review about 6 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 45% (journal website); 8 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Science & Global Security 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 Nuclear and radioactivity studies, Nuclear Issues and Defense and Radioactive contamination and transfer, together about 35.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Science & Global Security is an international journal for peer-reviewed scientific and technical studies to support international security, arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation policy. The journal covers nuclear, biological, chemical, space and cyber technologies and programs and related security issues. Its goals are to help develop the technical basis for new policy initiatives to reduce the risks from these technologies to international peace and security and to provide a resource for further scholarship and policy analysis. Articles for the journal should be written so that the results can be checked and reproduced by technical analysts while the essential issues and conclusions are accessible to a policy audience. Beyond providing a basis for policy, the journal publishes review articles, short research and occasional notes. All issues of the journal are translated into Russian. Peer Review All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, research articles are then subject to double anonymized peer review by usually two independent, expert referees. Other contributions are reviewed only by the journal's editors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nuclear and radioactivity studiesEngineering13.3%
- Nuclear Issues and DefenseSocial Sciences11.7%
- Radioactive contamination and transferEnvironmental Science10.8%
- Nuclear reactor physics and engineeringEngineering7.2%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.1%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine6%
- Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studiesMaterials Science6%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.1%
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.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECPublisher website
Other: OCLC, ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts, CSA, Earthquake Engineering Abstracts® (NISEE), EBSCOhost Online Research Databases, Periodicals Index Online, Physics Abstracts, Ulrichs Periodicals Directory
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.31Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.47LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.47Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 130OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.74OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 9LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 22,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 469 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 2023 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 2022 | 11 | 3 | 31 |
| 2021 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 9 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".
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 45%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted4
- occasional notesthe journal publishes review articles, short research and occasional notesLength not stated
- research articlesresearch articles are then subject to double anonymized peer review by usually two independent, expert refereesLength not stated
- review articlesthe journal publishes review articles, short research and occasional notesLength not stated
- short researchthe journal publishes review articles, short research and occasional notesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Overview Open journals Open Select Dove Medical Press F1000Research
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Double anonymized peer review by usually two independent, expert referees for research articles; other contributions reviewed only by editors. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, research articles are then subject to double anonymized peer review by usually two independent, expert referees. Other contributions are reviewed only by the journal's editors.
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
- 0892-9882
- Electronic ISSN
- 1547-7800
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 1-3 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Science & Global Security
What CAS zone is Science & Global Security in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Science & Global Security 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.
What is the impact factor of Science & Global Security?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 33.
How long does peer review take at Science & Global Security?
The publisher reports about 6 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 45%. 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 Science & Global Security in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (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 4 of Sociology.
Which databases index Science & Global Security?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Science & Global Security is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex and INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Science & Global Security open access, and what is the APC?
Science & Global Security is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .