Politics and Policy

Politics & Policy is a peer-reviewed journal for scholars in public policy, political science, and comparative and international studies. The editors invite manuscripts offering quality original research that makes a strong theoretical or empirical contribution to existing comparative policy literature, or to policy studies and political science more generally via the use of comparative methods. We consider normative and empirical studies in any area of political science, the public policy spectrum and all levels of the policy process. These include, but are not restricted to: comparative studies in development, democratization, democracy, participation, voting behavior, electoral politics and policy, and security strategy; political studies with a comparative cross-national focus; international relations and comparative foreign policy; analyses of the theory, values, and/or public/political support influencing policy trends, adoption, contestation, or change; policy framing; the challenges, and opportunities facing policy networks; policy design and misdesign. Strong preference will be given to submissions demonstrating a balanced comparative treatment of policy in more than one country. Trans-border, cross-national or wider international research emphasizing a comparative study’s political implications are especially welcome. Manuscripts dealing comparatively with aspects of democracy and democratization, global governance, or policies that transcend, or resist, the advent of porous borders are also actively invited, as are robust review articles on the current state of the literature.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Political Science and International Relations	2002	Q4
Political Science and International Relations	2003	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2004	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2005	Q4
Political Science and International Relations	2006	Q4
Political Science and International Relations	2007	Q4
Political Science and International Relations	2008	Q4
Political Science and International Relations	2009	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2010	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2011	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2012	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2013	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2014	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2015	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2016	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2017	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2018	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2019	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2020	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2021	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2022	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2023	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2002	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2003	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2004	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2005	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2006	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2007	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2008	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2009	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2010	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2011	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2012	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2013	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2014	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2015	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2016	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2017	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2018	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2019	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2020	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2021	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2022	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2002	0.101
2003	0.113
2004	0.160
2005	0.101
2006	0.107
2007	0.111
2008	0.107
2009	0.128
2010	0.199
2011	0.238
2012	0.328
2013	0.347
2014	0.361
2015	0.316
2016	0.318
2017	0.381
2018	0.384
2019	0.375
2020	0.259
2021	0.226
2022	0.334
2023	0.353

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2001	31
2002	31
2003	31
2004	29
2005	30
2006	35
2007	40
2008	45
2009	49
2010	46
2011	43
2012	45
2013	40
2014	36
2015	32
2016	39
2017	41
2018	37
2019	40
2020	41
2021	50
2022	59
2023	58

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.081
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.118
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.107
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.074
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.152
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.209
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.367
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.414
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.400
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.650
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.836
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.885
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.689
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.843
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.959
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.115
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.396
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.089
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.101
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.185
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.463
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.081
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.118
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.121
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.089
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.128
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.210
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.458
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.373
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.421
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.703
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.791
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.742
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.595
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.852
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.056
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.116
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.427
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.881
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	0.881
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.244
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.520
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.081
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.048
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.100
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.034
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.154
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.293
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.412
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.340
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.463
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.742
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.682
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.588
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.539
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.941
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.859
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.263
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.987
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.636
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.889
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.308
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.413

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2001	0
Self Cites	2002	0
Self Cites	2003	0
Self Cites	2004	3
Self Cites	2005	3
Self Cites	2006	1
Self Cites	2007	1
Self Cites	2008	3
Self Cites	2009	7
Self Cites	2010	7
Self Cites	2011	3
Self Cites	2012	7
Self Cites	2013	11
Self Cites	2014	2
Self Cites	2015	6
Self Cites	2016	9
Self Cites	2017	4
Self Cites	2018	11
Self Cites	2019	9
Self Cites	2020	9
Self Cites	2021	18
Self Cites	2022	16
Self Cites	2023	29
Total Cites	2001	0
Total Cites	2002	0
Total Cites	2003	5
Total Cites	2004	11
Total Cites	2005	11
Total Cites	2006	8
Total Cites	2007	12
Total Cites	2008	22
Total Cites	2009	55
Total Cites	2010	50
Total Cites	2011	59
Total Cites	2012	97
Total Cites	2013	106
Total Cites	2014	95
Total Cites	2015	72
Total Cites	2016	92
Total Cites	2017	113
Total Cites	2018	125
Total Cites	2019	167
Total Cites	2020	104
Total Cites	2021	104
Total Cites	2022	163
Total Cites	2023	228

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2001	0
External Cites per document	2002	0.000
External Cites per document	2003	0.081
External Cites per document	2004	0.086
External Cites per document	2005	0.088
External Cites per document	2006	0.078
External Cites per document	2007	0.117
External Cites per document	2008	0.181
External Cites per document	2009	0.400
External Cites per document	2010	0.321
External Cites per document	2011	0.400
External Cites per document	2012	0.652
External Cites per document	2013	0.709
External Cites per document	2014	0.727
External Cites per document	2015	0.545
External Cites per document	2016	0.769
External Cites per document	2017	1.019
External Cites per document	2018	1.018
External Cites per document	2019	1.350
External Cites per document	2020	0.805
External Cites per document	2021	0.729
External Cites per document	2022	1.122
External Cites per document	2023	1.327
Cites per document	2001	0.000
Cites per document	2002	0.000
Cites per document	2003	0.081
Cites per document	2004	0.118
Cites per document	2005	0.121
Cites per document	2006	0.089
Cites per document	2007	0.128
Cites per document	2008	0.210
Cites per document	2009	0.458
Cites per document	2010	0.373
Cites per document	2011	0.421
Cites per document	2012	0.703
Cites per document	2013	0.791
Cites per document	2014	0.742
Cites per document	2015	0.595
Cites per document	2016	0.852
Cites per document	2017	1.056
Cites per document	2018	1.116
Cites per document	2019	1.427
Cites per document	2020	0.881
Cites per document	2021	0.881
Cites per document	2022	1.244
Cites per document	2023	1.520

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2001	3.23
2002	6.45
2003	0.00
2004	3.45
2005	0.00
2006	2.86
2007	2.50
2008	4.44
2009	10.20
2010	6.52
2011	6.98
2012	8.89
2013	12.50
2014	8.33
2015	18.75
2016	23.08
2017	9.76
2018	13.51
2019	10.00
2020	14.63
2021	18.00
2022	13.56
2023	13.79

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	1
Non-citable documents	2003	3
Non-citable documents	2004	3
Non-citable documents	2005	3
Non-citable documents	2006	1
Non-citable documents	2007	4
Non-citable documents	2008	5
Non-citable documents	2009	11
Non-citable documents	2010	12
Non-citable documents	2011	11
Non-citable documents	2012	8
Non-citable documents	2013	7
Non-citable documents	2014	11
Non-citable documents	2015	9
Non-citable documents	2016	6
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	2
Non-citable documents	2019	3
Non-citable documents	2020	4
Non-citable documents	2021	3
Non-citable documents	2022	3
Non-citable documents	2023	6
Citable documents	2001	0
Citable documents	2002	30
Citable documents	2003	59
Citable documents	2004	90
Citable documents	2005	88
Citable documents	2006	89
Citable documents	2007	90
Citable documents	2008	100
Citable documents	2009	109
Citable documents	2010	122
Citable documents	2011	129
Citable documents	2012	130
Citable documents	2013	127
Citable documents	2014	117
Citable documents	2015	112
Citable documents	2016	102
Citable documents	2017	106
Citable documents	2018	110
Citable documents	2019	114
Citable documents	2020	114
Citable documents	2021	115
Citable documents	2022	128
Citable documents	2023	144

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2001	0
Uncited documents	2002	31
Uncited documents	2003	58
Uncited documents	2004	85
Uncited documents	2005	81
Uncited documents	2006	83
Uncited documents	2007	86
Uncited documents	2008	85
Uncited documents	2009	88
Uncited documents	2010	96
Uncited documents	2011	108
Uncited documents	2012	92
Uncited documents	2013	80
Uncited documents	2014	83
Uncited documents	2015	80
Uncited documents	2016	59
Uncited documents	2017	55
Uncited documents	2018	57
Uncited documents	2019	55
Uncited documents	2020	67
Uncited documents	2021	54
Uncited documents	2022	60
Uncited documents	2023	50
Cited documents	2001	0
Cited documents	2002	0
Cited documents	2003	4
Cited documents	2004	8
Cited documents	2005	10
Cited documents	2006	7
Cited documents	2007	8
Cited documents	2008	20
Cited documents	2009	32
Cited documents	2010	38
Cited documents	2011	32
Cited documents	2012	46
Cited documents	2013	54
Cited documents	2014	45
Cited documents	2015	41
Cited documents	2016	49
Cited documents	2017	52
Cited documents	2018	55
Cited documents	2019	62
Cited documents	2020	51
Cited documents	2021	64
Cited documents	2022	71
Cited documents	2023	100