Journal profile
The Review of International Affairs
ISSN 0486-6096 · eISSN 2955-9030 · Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade · Serbia
The Review of International Affairs: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 18 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
The Review of International Affairs is published by Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Relations and Foreign Policy, European Politics and Security and Global Political and Economic Relations, together about 46.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Editorial Policy - aims and scope The Review of International Affairs (RIA) is an open-access scientific journal published by the Institute of International Politics and Economics, Serbia and funded by the Serbian Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation. It is one of the oldest and best-known periodicals in the Balkans that covers research in International
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences23.9%
- European Politics and SecuritySocial Sciences13.7%
- Global Political and Economic RelationsSocial Sciences8.8%
- European and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesSocial Sciences7.3%
- Balkan and Eastern European StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
- COVID-19, Geopolitics, Technology, MigrationSocial Sciences3.9%
- Global Peace and Security DynamicsSocial Sciences3.4%
- European Union Policy and GovernanceSocial Sciences2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.71OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 100 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 51 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 44 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 56 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 27 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 6 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade
- Country or region
- Serbia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0486-6096
- Electronic ISSN
- 2955-9030
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 77, Issue 1197 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about The Review of International Affairs
How long does peer review take at The Review of International Affairs?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 weeks. 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 The Review of International Affairs?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, The Review of International Affairs is indexed in DOAJ.
Is The Review of International Affairs open access, and what is the APC?
The Review of International Affairs is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .