European Journal of International Relations

The European Journal of International Relations publishes peer-reviewed scholarly contributions across the full breadth of the field of International Relations, from cutting edge theoretical debates to topics of contemporary and historical interest to scholars and practitioners in the IR community. The journal eschews adherence to any particular school or approach, nor is it either predisposed or restricted to any particular methodology. Theoretically aware empirical analysis and conceptual innovation forms the core of the journal’s dissemination of International Relations scholarship throughout the global academic community. In keeping with its European roots, this includes a commitment to underlying philosophical and normative issues relevant to the field, as well as interaction with related disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. This theoretical and methodological openness aims to produce a European journal with global impact, fostering broad awareness and innovation in a dynamic discipline. Adherence to this broad mandate has underpinned the journal’s emergence as a major and independent worldwide voice across the sub-fields of International Relations scholarship. The Editors embrace and are committed to further developing this inheritance. Above all the journal aims to achieve a representative balance across the diversity of the field and to promote deeper understanding of the rapidly-changing world around us. This includes an active and on-going commitment to facilitating dialogue with the study of global politics in the social sciences and beyond, among others international history, international law, international and development economics, and political/economic geography. The EJIR warmly embraces genuinely interdisciplinary scholarship that actively engages with the broad debates taking place across the contemporary field of international relations.

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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	1999	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2000	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2001	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2002	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2003	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2004	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2005	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2006	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2007	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2008	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2009	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2010	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2011	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2012	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2013	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2014	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2015	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2016	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2017	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2018	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2019	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2020	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2021	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2022	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	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	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2008	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2009	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2010	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2011	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2012	Q1
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	1.031
2000	1.269
2001	1.676
2002	0.928
2003	0.895
2004	1.653
2005	1.687
2006	1.155
2007	1.929
2008	2.470
2009	1.456
2010	1.169
2011	1.623
2012	2.101
2013	1.889
2014	1.788
2015	3.132
2016	2.780
2017	2.796
2018	2.264
2019	2.279
2020	1.760
2021	1.269
2022	1.639
2023	1.645

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
1999	15
2000	18
2001	18
2002	15
2003	17
2004	18
2005	20
2006	22
2007	20
2008	24
2009	26
2010	31
2011	35
2012	31
2013	42
2014	45
2015	38
2016	39
2017	39
2018	40
2019	50
2020	59
2021	53
2022	40
2023	54

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	1.596
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	1.323
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	2.015
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	1.441
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	2.076
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	2.735
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	2.897
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	2.914
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	3.039
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	3.888
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	4.233
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	4.359
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	3.535
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	3.224
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	3.260
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	3.396
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	4.033
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	4.744
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	4.732
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	4.267
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	3.878
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	3.786
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	3.793
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	3.723
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	4.649
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	1.596
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	1.319
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	1.880
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	1.275
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	1.608
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	2.380
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	2.440
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	2.982
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	2.933
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	3.548
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	3.758
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	3.629
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	2.963
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	2.565
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	3.062
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	2.954
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	4.347
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	4.432
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	3.713
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	3.741
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	3.703
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	3.961
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	3.416
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	3.444
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	4.507
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	1.813
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	1.156
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	2.121
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	1.194
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	1.424
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	1.938
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	2.171
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	2.842
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	2.690
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	3.405
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	3.068
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	2.960
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	2.070
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	2.061
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	2.394
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	3.205
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	4.218
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	3.554
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	2.922
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	3.462
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	3.633
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	3.644
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.688
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	3.143
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	3.839

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	34
Self Cites	2000	14
Self Cites	2001	13
Self Cites	2002	8
Self Cites	2003	4
Self Cites	2004	14
Self Cites	2005	10
Self Cites	2006	11
Self Cites	2007	7
Self Cites	2008	13
Self Cites	2009	5
Self Cites	2010	6
Self Cites	2011	3
Self Cites	2012	11
Self Cites	2013	10
Self Cites	2014	23
Self Cites	2015	24
Self Cites	2016	37
Self Cites	2017	30
Self Cites	2018	23
Self Cites	2019	34
Self Cites	2020	29
Self Cites	2021	33
Self Cites	2022	38
Self Cites	2023	33
Total Cites	1999	75
Total Cites	2000	62
Total Cites	2001	94
Total Cites	2002	65
Total Cites	2003	82
Total Cites	2004	119
Total Cites	2005	122
Total Cites	2006	164
Total Cites	2007	176
Total Cites	2008	220
Total Cites	2009	248
Total Cites	2010	254
Total Cites	2011	240
Total Cites	2012	236
Total Cites	2013	297
Total Cites	2014	319
Total Cites	2015	513
Total Cites	2016	554
Total Cites	2017	453
Total Cites	2018	434
Total Cites	2019	437
Total Cites	2020	511
Total Cites	2021	509
Total Cites	2022	558
Total Cites	2023	685

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	0.872
External Cites per document	2000	1.021
External Cites per document	2001	1.620
External Cites per document	2002	1.118
External Cites per document	2003	1.529
External Cites per document	2004	2.100
External Cites per document	2005	2.240
External Cites per document	2006	2.782
External Cites per document	2007	2.817
External Cites per document	2008	3.339
External Cites per document	2009	3.682
External Cites per document	2010	3.543
External Cites per document	2011	2.926
External Cites per document	2012	2.446
External Cites per document	2013	2.959
External Cites per document	2014	2.741
External Cites per document	2015	4.144
External Cites per document	2016	4.136
External Cites per document	2017	3.467
External Cites per document	2018	3.543
External Cites per document	2019	3.415
External Cites per document	2020	3.736
External Cites per document	2021	3.195
External Cites per document	2022	3.210
External Cites per document	2023	4.289
Cites per document	1999	1.596
Cites per document	2000	1.319
Cites per document	2001	1.880
Cites per document	2002	1.275
Cites per document	2003	1.608
Cites per document	2004	2.380
Cites per document	2005	2.440
Cites per document	2006	2.982
Cites per document	2007	2.933
Cites per document	2008	3.548
Cites per document	2009	3.758
Cites per document	2010	3.629
Cites per document	2011	2.963
Cites per document	2012	2.565
Cites per document	2013	3.062
Cites per document	2014	2.954
Cites per document	2015	4.347
Cites per document	2016	4.432
Cites per document	2017	3.713
Cites per document	2018	3.741
Cites per document	2019	3.703
Cites per document	2020	3.961
Cites per document	2021	3.416
Cites per document	2022	3.444
Cites per document	2023	4.507

% 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	0.00
2002	0.00
2003	5.88
2004	5.56
2005	20.00
2006	4.55
2007	10.00
2008	4.17
2009	19.23
2010	16.13
2011	2.86
2012	19.35
2013	9.52
2014	13.33
2015	7.89
2016	15.38
2017	20.51
2018	12.50
2019	18.00
2020	20.34
2021	15.09
2022	15.00
2023	24.07

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	1
Non-citable documents	2002	2
Non-citable documents	2003	2
Non-citable documents	2004	3
Non-citable documents	2005	2
Non-citable documents	2006	3
Non-citable documents	2007	1
Non-citable documents	2008	1
Non-citable documents	2009	0
Non-citable documents	2010	1
Non-citable documents	2011	1
Non-citable documents	2012	1
Non-citable documents	2013	0
Non-citable documents	2014	1
Non-citable documents	2015	1
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	0
Non-citable documents	2018	0
Non-citable documents	2019	1
Non-citable documents	2020	2
Non-citable documents	2021	5
Non-citable documents	2022	5
Non-citable documents	2023	5
Citable documents	1999	47
Citable documents	2000	47
Citable documents	2001	49
Citable documents	2002	49
Citable documents	2003	49
Citable documents	2004	47
Citable documents	2005	48
Citable documents	2006	52
Citable documents	2007	59
Citable documents	2008	61
Citable documents	2009	66
Citable documents	2010	69
Citable documents	2011	80
Citable documents	2012	91
Citable documents	2013	97
Citable documents	2014	107
Citable documents	2015	117
Citable documents	2016	124
Citable documents	2017	122
Citable documents	2018	116
Citable documents	2019	117
Citable documents	2020	127
Citable documents	2021	144
Citable documents	2022	157
Citable documents	2023	147

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	24
Uncited documents	2000	22
Uncited documents	2001	18
Uncited documents	2002	22
Uncited documents	2003	17
Uncited documents	2004	12
Uncited documents	2005	10
Uncited documents	2006	13
Uncited documents	2007	12
Uncited documents	2008	9
Uncited documents	2009	13
Uncited documents	2010	19
Uncited documents	2011	20
Uncited documents	2012	26
Uncited documents	2013	22
Uncited documents	2014	21
Uncited documents	2015	18
Uncited documents	2016	19
Uncited documents	2017	23
Uncited documents	2018	16
Uncited documents	2019	13
Uncited documents	2020	18
Uncited documents	2021	21
Uncited documents	2022	38
Uncited documents	2023	28
Cited documents	1999	23
Cited documents	2000	25
Cited documents	2001	32
Cited documents	2002	29
Cited documents	2003	34
Cited documents	2004	38
Cited documents	2005	40
Cited documents	2006	42
Cited documents	2007	48
Cited documents	2008	53
Cited documents	2009	53
Cited documents	2010	51
Cited documents	2011	61
Cited documents	2012	66
Cited documents	2013	75
Cited documents	2014	87
Cited documents	2015	100
Cited documents	2016	106
Cited documents	2017	99
Cited documents	2018	100
Cited documents	2019	105
Cited documents	2020	111
Cited documents	2021	128
Cited documents	2022	124
Cited documents	2023	124