Journal profile · POLITICAL SCIENCE
Scottish Affairs
ISSN 0966-0356 · eISSN 2053-888X · Edinburgh University Press
Scottish Affairs: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 40 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Scottish Affairs is published by Edinburgh University Press 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 Scottish History and National Identity, Political Systems and Governance and Irish and British Studies, together about 61.9% 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
- Scottish History and National IdentityArts and Humanities31.9%
- Political Systems and GovernanceSocial Sciences21.9%
- Irish and British StudiesSocial Sciences8%
- Historical Studies of British IslesArts and Humanities4.6%
- Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Sciences4.3%
- Political and Economic history of UK and USSocial Sciences3.4%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences2.7%
- Gender Politics and RepresentationSocial Sciences1.9%
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | Q3 | 1087/1530 | 28th |
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
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 154OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.28%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,961 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 15 | 197 |
| 2025 | 40 | 14 | 199 |
| 2024 | 49 | 24 | 270 |
| 2023 | 42 | 13 | 191 |
| 2022 | 46 | 10 | 205 |
| 2021 | 44 | 11 | 248 |
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.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- ISSN
- 0966-0356
- Electronic ISSN
- 2053-888X
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Scottish Affairs
What CAS zone is Scottish Affairs in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Scottish Affairs 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.
Which databases index Scottish Affairs?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Scottish Affairs is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Scottish Affairs open access, and what is the APC?
Scottish Affairs 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, 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .