Policy and Politics

Policy & Politics is a world-leading journal that is committed to advancing our understanding of the dynamics of policy-making and implementation. By exploring the interplay between political actors, governing institutions and policy issues, the journal contributes to theories of the policy process. By reflecting on the evolving context in which these interactions occur, it provides critical insights that are timely and fresh. Policy & Politics has an international reputation in the fields of political science, public administration and social policy. It is committed to publishing articles that are original and innovative; that engage with the world’s most pressing policy issues; and that have relevance both within and beyond academe. The journal welcomes manuscripts that are empirical, conceptual or theoretical, as long as the broader international relevance of the argument is explicit. It is critical that all articles demonstrate a clear contribution to knowledge, and it is crucial that articles are explicit about the specific empirical and/or theoretical advance that it offers. One of the hallmarks of the journal is the manner in which its articles generally shift from the micro to the macro (or vice versa) by addressing the link between ‘policy’ and ‘politics’. For example, while single-case studies might form the basis of an article, the broader significance and relevance of that study must be made explicit. Where articles deal with broad macro-political or economic issues they may also drill-down to some discussion of the micro-level implications of that analysis. Successful articles will generally demonstrate both analytical breadth and depth in the coverage of their subject matter. Articles must be written in a clear and accessible style suitable for a multi-disciplinary and global audience.

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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
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	1999	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2000	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2001	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2002	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2003	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2004	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2005	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2006	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2007	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2008	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2009	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2010	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2011	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2012	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2013	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2014	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2015	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2016	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2017	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2018	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2019	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2020	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2021	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2022	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2023	Q1
Public Administration	1999	Q1
Public Administration	2000	Q1
Public Administration	2001	Q1
Public Administration	2002	Q1
Public Administration	2003	Q1
Public Administration	2004	Q1
Public Administration	2005	Q1
Public Administration	2006	Q1
Public Administration	2007	Q1
Public Administration	2008	Q1
Public Administration	2009	Q2
Public Administration	2010	Q2
Public Administration	2011	Q2
Public Administration	2012	Q2
Public Administration	2013	Q1
Public Administration	2014	Q2
Public Administration	2015	Q1
Public Administration	2016	Q1
Public Administration	2017	Q1
Public Administration	2018	Q1
Public Administration	2019	Q1
Public Administration	2020	Q1
Public Administration	2021	Q1
Public Administration	2022	Q1
Public Administration	2023	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	1999	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2000	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2001	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2002	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2003	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2004	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2005	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2006	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2007	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2008	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2009	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2010	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2011	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2012	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2013	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2014	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2015	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2016	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2017	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2018	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2019	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2020	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2021	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2022	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2023	Q1

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
1999	0.788
2000	0.758
2001	0.828
2002	0.877
2003	0.853
2004	0.846
2005	0.804
2006	0.744
2007	0.637
2008	0.640
2009	0.380
2010	0.502
2011	0.425
2012	0.376
2013	0.771
2014	0.680
2015	0.863
2016	1.151
2017	0.918
2018	0.988
2019	1.507
2020	1.339
2021	1.278
2022	1.295
2023	1.111

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
1999	33
2000	33
2001	30
2002	31
2003	33
2004	28
2005	33
2006	37
2007	42
2008	42
2009	19
2010	42
2011	52
2012	38
2013	42
2014	34
2015	34
2016	34
2017	37
2018	36
2019	32
2020	35
2021	30
2022	32
2023	32

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)	1999	1.079
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	1.110
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	1.222
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	1.217
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	1.433
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	1.606
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.943
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.744
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.435
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.300
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.474
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.286
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	1.200
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.045
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.305
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.695
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.922
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.459
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	2.653
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	3.863
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	3.426
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	3.619
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	4.529
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	5.459
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	5.302
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	1.079
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	1.083
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	1.156
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	1.323
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	1.606
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.415
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.696
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.766
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.286
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.161
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.240
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.262
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.893
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.903
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.477
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.553
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	2.246
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	2.491
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	2.863
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	3.057
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	3.617
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	3.952
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	4.039
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	4.897
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	5.412
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.961
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.772
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	1.076
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	1.397
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	1.443
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	1.281
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.672
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.639
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.314
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.886
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.202
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.197
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.639
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.043
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.333
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.550
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	2.421
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	2.647
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.559
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	2.930
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	4.055
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	3.162
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.985
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	5.508
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	5.113

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	1999	6
Self Cites	2000	7
Self Cites	2001	11
Self Cites	2002	11
Self Cites	2003	9
Self Cites	2004	5
Self Cites	2005	4
Self Cites	2006	6
Self Cites	2007	10
Self Cites	2008	9
Self Cites	2009	0
Self Cites	2010	7
Self Cites	2011	2
Self Cites	2012	6
Self Cites	2013	38
Self Cites	2014	7
Self Cites	2015	17
Self Cites	2016	13
Self Cites	2017	23
Self Cites	2018	29
Self Cites	2019	31
Self Cites	2020	21
Self Cites	2021	25
Self Cites	2022	40
Self Cites	2023	26
Total Cites	1999	82
Total Cites	2000	91
Total Cites	2001	104
Total Cites	2002	127
Total Cites	2003	151
Total Cites	2004	133
Total Cites	2005	156
Total Cites	2006	166
Total Cites	2007	126
Total Cites	2008	130
Total Cites	2009	150
Total Cites	2010	130
Total Cites	2011	92
Total Cites	2012	102
Total Cites	2013	195
Total Cites	2014	205
Total Cites	2015	256
Total Cites	2016	274
Total Cites	2017	292
Total Cites	2018	321
Total Cites	2019	387
Total Cites	2020	415
Total Cites	2021	416
Total Cites	2022	475
Total Cites	2023	525

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	1999	1.000
External Cites per document	2000	1.000
External Cites per document	2001	1.033
External Cites per document	2002	1.208
External Cites per document	2003	1.511
External Cites per document	2004	1.362
External Cites per document	2005	1.652
External Cites per document	2006	1.702
External Cites per document	2007	1.184
External Cites per document	2008	1.080
External Cites per document	2009	1.240
External Cites per document	2010	1.194
External Cites per document	2011	0.874
External Cites per document	2012	0.850
External Cites per document	2013	1.189
External Cites per document	2014	1.500
External Cites per document	2015	2.096
External Cites per document	2016	2.373
External Cites per document	2017	2.637
External Cites per document	2018	2.781
External Cites per document	2019	3.327
External Cites per document	2020	3.752
External Cites per document	2021	3.796
External Cites per document	2022	4.485
External Cites per document	2023	5.144
Cites per document	1999	1.079
Cites per document	2000	1.083
Cites per document	2001	1.156
Cites per document	2002	1.323
Cites per document	2003	1.606
Cites per document	2004	1.415
Cites per document	2005	1.696
Cites per document	2006	1.766
Cites per document	2007	1.286
Cites per document	2008	1.161
Cites per document	2009	1.240
Cites per document	2010	1.262
Cites per document	2011	0.893
Cites per document	2012	0.903
Cites per document	2013	1.477
Cites per document	2014	1.553
Cites per document	2015	2.246
Cites per document	2016	2.491
Cites per document	2017	2.863
Cites per document	2018	3.057
Cites per document	2019	3.617
Cites per document	2020	3.952
Cites per document	2021	4.039
Cites per document	2022	4.897
Cites per document	2023	5.412

% 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
1999	0.00
2000	0.00
2001	3.33
2002	0.00
2003	6.06
2004	0.00
2005	9.09
2006	18.92
2007	0.00
2008	9.52
2009	0.00
2010	7.14
2011	9.62
2012	2.63
2013	4.76
2014	8.82
2015	14.71
2016	14.71
2017	32.43
2018	22.22
2019	28.13
2020	25.71
2021	36.67
2022	34.38
2023	9.38

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	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	1
Non-citable documents	2008	4
Non-citable documents	2009	9
Non-citable documents	2010	15
Non-citable documents	2011	18
Non-citable documents	2012	30
Non-citable documents	2013	29
Non-citable documents	2014	32
Non-citable documents	2015	15
Non-citable documents	2016	9
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	2
Non-citable documents	2019	2
Non-citable documents	2020	1
Non-citable documents	2021	0
Non-citable documents	2022	0
Non-citable documents	2023	0
Citable documents	1999	76
Citable documents	2000	84
Citable documents	2001	90
Citable documents	2002	96
Citable documents	2003	94
Citable documents	2004	94
Citable documents	2005	92
Citable documents	2006	94
Citable documents	2007	97
Citable documents	2008	108
Citable documents	2009	112
Citable documents	2010	88
Citable documents	2011	85
Citable documents	2012	83
Citable documents	2013	103
Citable documents	2014	100
Citable documents	2015	99
Citable documents	2016	101
Citable documents	2017	101
Citable documents	2018	103
Citable documents	2019	105
Citable documents	2020	104
Citable documents	2021	103
Citable documents	2022	97
Citable documents	2023	97

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	1999	33
Uncited documents	2000	41
Uncited documents	2001	43
Uncited documents	2002	48
Uncited documents	2003	38
Uncited documents	2004	39
Uncited documents	2005	26
Uncited documents	2006	26
Uncited documents	2007	37
Uncited documents	2008	54
Uncited documents	2009	51
Uncited documents	2010	49
Uncited documents	2011	61
Uncited documents	2012	59
Uncited documents	2013	52
Uncited documents	2014	52
Uncited documents	2015	40
Uncited documents	2016	43
Uncited documents	2017	38
Uncited documents	2018	24
Uncited documents	2019	18
Uncited documents	2020	21
Uncited documents	2021	17
Uncited documents	2022	14
Uncited documents	2023	12
Cited documents	1999	43
Cited documents	2000	43
Cited documents	2001	47
Cited documents	2002	48
Cited documents	2003	56
Cited documents	2004	55
Cited documents	2005	66
Cited documents	2006	68
Cited documents	2007	61
Cited documents	2008	58
Cited documents	2009	70
Cited documents	2010	54
Cited documents	2011	42
Cited documents	2012	54
Cited documents	2013	80
Cited documents	2014	80
Cited documents	2015	74
Cited documents	2016	67
Cited documents	2017	64
Cited documents	2018	81
Cited documents	2019	89
Cited documents	2020	84
Cited documents	2021	86
Cited documents	2022	83
Cited documents	2023	85