Cold War History

As the Cold War ended in the early 1990s, scholars of contemporary international affairs started taking a new look at the basic conflicts that had dominated the latter part of the twentieth century. A plentiful new historical literature on the Cold War era has come into being, greatly helped by the increase in access to archives and other source materials in most countries of the world, from the former Communist states in Europe, to China, to South Africa and elsewhere. Cold War History is based in the Cold War Studies Programme at LSE IDEAS, the London School of Economics Centre for International Affairs, Strategy and Diplomacy. It makes available the results of recent research on the origins and development of the Cold War and its impact on nations, alliances and regions at various levels of statecraft, as well as in areas such as the military and intelligence, the economy, and social and intellectual developments. The new history of the Cold War is a fascinating example of how experts – often working across national and disciplinary boundaries – are able to use newly available information to refine, or in some cases destroy, old images and interpretations. Cold War History publishes the best of this emerging scholarship, from a perspective that attempts to de-centre the era through paying special attention to the role of Europe and the Third World. The journal welcomes contributions from historians and representatives of other disciplines on all aspects of the global Cold War and its present repercussions.

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Category	Year	Quartile
History	2001	Q1
History	2002	Q2
History	2003	Q1
History	2004	Q2
History	2005	Q1
History	2006	Q2
History	2007	Q2
History	2008	Q1
History	2009	Q1
History	2010	Q2
History	2011	Q2
History	2012	Q2
History	2013	Q1
History	2014	Q1
History	2015	Q1
History	2016	Q1
History	2017	Q1
History	2018	Q1
History	2019	Q2
History	2020	Q2
History	2021	Q2
History	2022	Q2
History	2023	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2001	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2002	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2003	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2004	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2005	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2006	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2007	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2008	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2009	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2010	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2011	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2012	Q3
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	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2017	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2018	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2019	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2020	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2021	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2022	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2023	Q3

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
2001	0.322
2002	0.143
2003	0.338
2004	0.139
2005	0.196
2006	0.137
2007	0.192
2008	0.262
2009	0.212
2010	0.178
2011	0.154
2012	0.160
2013	0.451
2014	0.454
2015	0.491
2016	0.939
2017	0.315
2018	0.492
2019	0.188
2020	0.171
2021	0.153
2022	0.147
2023	0.143

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
2000	6
2001	19
2002	18
2003	21
2004	14
2005	20
2006	27
2007	26
2008	24
2009	25
2010	21
2011	26
2012	23
2013	25
2014	33
2015	27
2016	25
2017	23
2018	28
2019	30
2020	28
2021	26
2022	30
2023	39

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)	2000	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.500
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.200
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.395
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.438
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.208
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.301
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.268
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.414
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.340
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.539
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.740
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.663
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.874
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.664
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.722
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.773
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.972
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.806
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.594
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	0.734
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	0.652
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	0.684
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.200
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.395
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.362
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.245
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.273
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.279
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.342
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.286
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.533
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.586
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.653
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.700
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.770
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.691
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.659
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.706
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.853
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.776
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.519
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	0.779
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	0.548
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	0.631
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.351
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.359
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.294
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.213
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.415
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.340
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.388
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.617
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.633
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.729
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.638
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.633
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.558
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.938
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.510
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.466
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.724
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	0.333
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	0.518

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	2000	0
Self Cites	2001	2
Self Cites	2002	3
Self Cites	2003	6
Self Cites	2004	4
Self Cites	2005	2
Self Cites	2006	3
Self Cites	2007	4
Self Cites	2008	6
Self Cites	2009	2
Self Cites	2010	1
Self Cites	2011	2
Self Cites	2012	1
Self Cites	2013	10
Self Cites	2014	5
Self Cites	2015	6
Self Cites	2016	9
Self Cites	2017	3
Self Cites	2018	4
Self Cites	2019	1
Self Cites	2020	0
Self Cites	2021	0
Self Cites	2022	0
Self Cites	2023	0
Total Cites	2000	0
Total Cites	2001	3
Total Cites	2002	5
Total Cites	2003	17
Total Cites	2004	21
Total Cites	2005	13
Total Cites	2006	15
Total Cites	2007	17
Total Cites	2008	25
Total Cites	2009	22
Total Cites	2010	40
Total Cites	2011	41
Total Cites	2012	47
Total Cites	2013	49
Total Cites	2014	57
Total Cites	2015	56
Total Cites	2016	56
Total Cites	2017	60
Total Cites	2018	64
Total Cites	2019	59
Total Cites	2020	42
Total Cites	2021	67
Total Cites	2022	46
Total Cites	2023	53

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	2000	0
External Cites per document	2001	0.167
External Cites per document	2002	0.080
External Cites per document	2003	0.256
External Cites per document	2004	0.293
External Cites per document	2005	0.208
External Cites per document	2006	0.218
External Cites per document	2007	0.213
External Cites per document	2008	0.260
External Cites per document	2009	0.260
External Cites per document	2010	0.520
External Cites per document	2011	0.557
External Cites per document	2012	0.639
External Cites per document	2013	0.557
External Cites per document	2014	0.703
External Cites per document	2015	0.617
External Cites per document	2016	0.553
External Cites per document	2017	0.671
External Cites per document	2018	0.800
External Cites per document	2019	0.763
External Cites per document	2020	0.519
External Cites per document	2021	0.779
External Cites per document	2022	0.548
External Cites per document	2023	0.631
Cites per document	2000	0.000
Cites per document	2001	0.500
Cites per document	2002	0.200
Cites per document	2003	0.395
Cites per document	2004	0.362
Cites per document	2005	0.245
Cites per document	2006	0.273
Cites per document	2007	0.279
Cites per document	2008	0.342
Cites per document	2009	0.286
Cites per document	2010	0.533
Cites per document	2011	0.586
Cites per document	2012	0.653
Cites per document	2013	0.700
Cites per document	2014	0.770
Cites per document	2015	0.691
Cites per document	2016	0.659
Cites per document	2017	0.706
Cites per document	2018	0.853
Cites per document	2019	0.776
Cites per document	2020	0.519
Cites per document	2021	0.779
Cites per document	2022	0.548
Cites per document	2023	0.631

% 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
2000	0.00
2001	15.79
2002	0.00
2003	0.00
2004	0.00
2005	0.00
2006	0.00
2007	0.00
2008	0.00
2009	4.00
2010	9.52
2011	0.00
2012	0.00
2013	0.00
2014	3.03
2015	14.81
2016	4.00
2017	13.04
2018	7.14
2019	16.67
2020	3.57
2021	11.54
2022	10.00
2023	10.26

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	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	1
Non-citable documents	2005	1
Non-citable documents	2006	1
Non-citable documents	2007	0
Non-citable documents	2008	2
Non-citable documents	2009	3
Non-citable documents	2010	4
Non-citable documents	2011	2
Non-citable documents	2012	2
Non-citable documents	2013	1
Non-citable documents	2014	1
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	2
Non-citable documents	2018	4
Non-citable documents	2019	3
Non-citable documents	2020	2
Non-citable documents	2021	1
Non-citable documents	2022	1
Non-citable documents	2023	4
Citable documents	2000	0
Citable documents	2001	6
Citable documents	2002	25
Citable documents	2003	43
Citable documents	2004	57
Citable documents	2005	52
Citable documents	2006	54
Citable documents	2007	61
Citable documents	2008	71
Citable documents	2009	74
Citable documents	2010	71
Citable documents	2011	68
Citable documents	2012	70
Citable documents	2013	69
Citable documents	2014	73
Citable documents	2015	81
Citable documents	2016	84
Citable documents	2017	83
Citable documents	2018	71
Citable documents	2019	73
Citable documents	2020	79
Citable documents	2021	85
Citable documents	2022	83
Citable documents	2023	80

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	2000	0
Uncited documents	2001	4
Uncited documents	2002	20
Uncited documents	2003	32
Uncited documents	2004	44
Uncited documents	2005	45
Uncited documents	2006	43
Uncited documents	2007	48
Uncited documents	2008	55
Uncited documents	2009	59
Uncited documents	2010	46
Uncited documents	2011	43
Uncited documents	2012	45
Uncited documents	2013	40
Uncited documents	2014	42
Uncited documents	2015	44
Uncited documents	2016	56
Uncited documents	2017	49
Uncited documents	2018	41
Uncited documents	2019	43
Uncited documents	2020	51
Uncited documents	2021	52
Uncited documents	2022	57
Uncited documents	2023	47
Cited documents	2000	0
Cited documents	2001	2
Cited documents	2002	5
Cited documents	2003	11
Cited documents	2004	14
Cited documents	2005	8
Cited documents	2006	12
Cited documents	2007	13
Cited documents	2008	18
Cited documents	2009	18
Cited documents	2010	29
Cited documents	2011	27
Cited documents	2012	27
Cited documents	2013	30
Cited documents	2014	32
Cited documents	2015	37
Cited documents	2016	29
Cited documents	2017	36
Cited documents	2018	34
Cited documents	2019	33
Cited documents	2020	30
Cited documents	2021	34
Cited documents	2022	27
Cited documents	2023	37