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Alternatives

Country

United States

Universities and research institutions in United States
Media Ranking in United States

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

SAGE Publications Inc.

H-Index

47

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

03043754, 21633150

Coverage

1975-2023

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Scope

Alternatives is committed to publishing peer-reviewed articles that cover the entire field of political science and international relations. Areas covered include foreign policies, security policies, political theory, comparative politics, environmental politics, peace studies, conflict resolution, globalization and terrorism. Alternatives also aims to cover articles which explore the possibilities of new forms of political practice and identity under increasingly global conditions. Join the conversation about this journal
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.

CategoryYearQuartile
Political Science and International Relations1999Q1
Political Science and International Relations2000Q1
Political Science and International Relations2001Q1
Political Science and International Relations2002Q2
Political Science and International Relations2003Q2
Political Science and International Relations2004Q1
Political Science and International Relations2005Q1
Political Science and International Relations2006Q1
Political Science and International Relations2007Q1
Political Science and International Relations2008Q1
Political Science and International Relations2009Q1
Political Science and International Relations2010Q1
Political Science and International Relations2011Q1
Political Science and International Relations2012Q2
Political Science and International Relations2013Q2
Political Science and International Relations2014Q3
Political Science and International Relations2015Q2
Political Science and International Relations2016Q2
Political Science and International Relations2017Q2
Political Science and International Relations2018Q2
Political Science and International Relations2019Q3
Political Science and International Relations2020Q3
Political Science and International Relations2021Q1
Political Science and International Relations2022Q2
Political Science and International Relations2023Q2
Sociology and Political Science1999Q2
Sociology and Political Science2000Q2
Sociology and Political Science2001Q2
Sociology and Political Science2002Q2
Sociology and Political Science2003Q3
Sociology and Political Science2004Q2
Sociology and Political Science2005Q2
Sociology and Political Science2006Q2
Sociology and Political Science2007Q2
Sociology and Political Science2008Q1
Sociology and Political Science2009Q2
Sociology and Political Science2010Q2
Sociology and Political Science2011Q2
Sociology and Political Science2012Q3
Sociology and Political Science2013Q2
Sociology and Political Science2014Q3
Sociology and Political Science2015Q2
Sociology and Political Science2016Q2
Sociology and Political Science2017Q2
Sociology and Political Science2018Q2
Sociology and Political Science2019Q3
Sociology and Political Science2020Q3
Sociology and Political Science2021Q2
Sociology and Political Science2022Q2
Sociology and Political Science2023Q2
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.

YearSJR
19990.455
20000.467
20010.475
20020.316
20030.184
20040.487
20050.502
20060.571
20070.517
20080.756
20090.462
20100.505
20110.519
20120.217
20130.429
20140.245
20150.472
20160.293
20170.351
20180.329
20190.161
20200.171
20210.507
20220.355
20230.278
Total Documents

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

YearDocuments
199921
200029
200123
200226
200328
200439
200518
200621
200738
200824
200920
201022
201128
201222
201320
201416
201518
201611
201715
201813
20199
202010
20218
202214
202338
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 documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19990.506
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20000.520
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.434
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.453
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.434
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.953
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.716
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20061.216
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.896
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20081.267
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20091.356
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20101.097
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.913
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.766
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.739
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.663
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.895
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20161.237
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.969
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.917
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.579
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.688
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20211.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20221.900
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20231.780
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19990.506
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20000.629
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.389
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.370
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.397
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.896
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.667
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20061.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20071.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20081.052
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20091.133
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.805
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20111.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.708
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.571
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20151.069
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20161.019
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.867
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.705
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.436
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.622
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20211.375
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20221.815
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20231.438
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.633
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.605
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.423
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.347
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20041.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.478
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20061.088
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20071.256
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.814
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.532
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.727
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.476
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.220
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.680
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.595
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.722
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.735
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.552
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.423
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.143
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.727
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20211.632
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20221.222
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20231.318
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.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites19995
Self Cites20008
Self Cites20012
Self Cites20023
Self Cites20032
Self Cites20045
Self Cites20057
Self Cites20063
Self Cites20073
Self Cites20082
Self Cites20093
Self Cites20103
Self Cites20112
Self Cites20120
Self Cites20133
Self Cites20142
Self Cites20150
Self Cites20160
Self Cites20171
Self Cites20182
Self Cites20191
Self Cites20201
Self Cites20214
Self Cites20222
Self Cites20234
Total Cites199941
Total Cites200044
Total Cites200128
Total Cites200227
Total Cites200331
Total Cites200469
Total Cites200562
Total Cites200685
Total Cites200778
Total Cites200881
Total Cites200994
Total Cites201066
Total Cites201166
Total Cites201235
Total Cites201351
Total Cites201440
Total Cites201562
Total Cites201655
Total Cites201739
Total Cites201831
Total Cites201917
Total Cites202023
Total Cites202144
Total Cites202249
Total Cites202346
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.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19990.444
External Cites per document20000.514
External Cites per document20010.361
External Cites per document20020.329
External Cites per document20030.372
External Cites per document20040.831
External Cites per document20050.591
External Cites per document20060.965
External Cites per document20070.962
External Cites per document20081.026
External Cites per document20091.096
External Cites per document20100.768
External Cites per document20110.970
External Cites per document20120.500
External Cites per document20130.667
External Cites per document20140.543
External Cites per document20151.069
External Cites per document20161.019
External Cites per document20170.844
External Cites per document20180.659
External Cites per document20190.410
External Cites per document20200.595
External Cites per document20211.250
External Cites per document20221.741
External Cites per document20231.313
Cites per document19990.506
Cites per document20000.629
Cites per document20010.389
Cites per document20020.370
Cites per document20030.397
Cites per document20040.896
Cites per document20050.667
Cites per document20061.000
Cites per document20071.000
Cites per document20081.052
Cites per document20091.133
Cites per document20100.805
Cites per document20111.000
Cites per document20120.500
Cites per document20130.708
Cites per document20140.571
Cites per document20151.069
Cites per document20161.019
Cites per document20170.867
Cites per document20180.705
Cites per document20190.436
Cites per document20200.622
Cites per document20211.375
Cites per document20221.815
Cites per document20231.438
% 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.

YearInternational Collaboration
19994.76
20000.00
20010.00
20023.85
200310.71
20047.69
200511.11
20069.52
20075.26
200812.50
200910.00
20104.55
20117.14
20124.55
20130.00
20146.25
20155.56
201627.27
201713.33
20180.00
201911.11
202030.00
20210.00
20227.14
202321.05
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.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents19990
Non-citable documents20000
Non-citable documents20011
Non-citable documents20021
Non-citable documents20032
Non-citable documents20041
Non-citable documents20051
Non-citable documents20060
Non-citable documents20070
Non-citable documents20089
Non-citable documents200910
Non-citable documents201010
Non-citable documents20111
Non-citable documents20122
Non-citable documents20132
Non-citable documents20143
Non-citable documents20151
Non-citable documents20162
Non-citable documents20171
Non-citable documents20181
Non-citable documents20190
Non-citable documents20201
Non-citable documents20211
Non-citable documents20223
Non-citable documents20233
Citable documents199981
Citable documents200070
Citable documents200171
Citable documents200272
Citable documents200376
Citable documents200476
Citable documents200592
Citable documents200685
Citable documents200778
Citable documents200868
Citable documents200973
Citable documents201072
Citable documents201165
Citable documents201268
Citable documents201370
Citable documents201467
Citable documents201557
Citable documents201652
Citable documents201744
Citable documents201843
Citable documents201939
Citable documents202036
Citable documents202131
Citable documents202224
Citable documents202329
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.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents199957
Uncited documents200041
Uncited documents200153
Uncited documents200255
Uncited documents200356
Uncited documents200445
Uncited documents200565
Uncited documents200645
Uncited documents200744
Uncited documents200847
Uncited documents200952
Uncited documents201052
Uncited documents201137
Uncited documents201249
Uncited documents201342
Uncited documents201446
Uncited documents201534
Uncited documents201622
Uncited documents201723
Uncited documents201826
Uncited documents201928
Uncited documents202021
Uncited documents202114
Uncited documents20228
Uncited documents202314
Cited documents199924
Cited documents200029
Cited documents200119
Cited documents200218
Cited documents200322
Cited documents200432
Cited documents200528
Cited documents200640
Cited documents200734
Cited documents200830
Cited documents200931
Cited documents201030
Cited documents201129
Cited documents201221
Cited documents201330
Cited documents201424
Cited documents201524
Cited documents201632
Cited documents201722
Cited documents201818
Cited documents201911
Cited documents202016
Cited documents202118
Cited documents202219
Cited documents202318
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