Journal profile
Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations
ISSN 2398-5992 · White Rose University Press · United Kingdom
Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations: fully open access; no APC; review about 5 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: This journal is currently closed for new submissions. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations is published by White Rose University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Relations and Foreign Policy, Electoral Systems and Political Participation and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence, together about 24.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations (UJPIR) is an open access academic journal, which offers undergraduate students an opportunity to publish articles based on their original research. The journal publishes articles in the fields of Politics, International Relations, International Studies and European Studies. The editorial board is strongly committed to research-based learning and founded this journal to give politics and IR students the opportunity to share their research and to take their first steps in academic publishing. Students will experience the process of reworking their assessment submissions into journal articles for publication based upon academic peer review. The UJPIR policy expects dissertations or assessments to be reworked (perhaps in accordance with any feedback received from the markers) to fit the journal scope and style. We see undergraduate students as researchers-in-training and publishing the results of your work is a key element of being a researcher. Our goals are to: introduce students to research disciplines and the publishing process provide politics and IR students with the opportunity to gain critical skills in professional research encourage undergraduates to write at an academic level and experience peer review make the results of undergraduate research accessible to everyone To read a recent blogpost from the journal’s Editor-in-Chief please visit: UJPIR: Open Access undergraduate research, and why not?
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Simon LightfootPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 30, Ireland 2, Australia 1, Netherlands 1, Denmark 1 (36 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences10.3%
- Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Sciences6.9%
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceSocial Sciences6.9%
- Political Conflict and GovernanceSocial Sciences3.5%
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences3.5%
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences3.5%
- European Union Policy and GovernanceSocial Sciences3.5%
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
DOAJPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, CNKI, J-Gate, OCLC, CLOCKSS, Crossref, Sherpa Romeo
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
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 11 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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 5 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Not considered
- Group projects; Research by PhD candidates or professional researchers
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access
- Conflicts of interest Competing interests
If any of the authors have any competing interests then these must be declared at the submission stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are able to enter into separate, additio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Authors of articles published remain the copyright holders and grant third parties the right to use, reproduce, and share the article according to the Creative Commons license agreement.
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
- White Rose University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2398-5992
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations
How long does peer review take at Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations?
Authors report an average review time of about 5 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Harvard. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations based?
Of the 36 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (30), Ireland (2) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations?
The journal's website lists DOAJ; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations open access, and what is the APC?
Undergraduate Journal of Politics and International Relations is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .