British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Aims & Scope

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (BJPIR) is an international journal that publishes innovative, cutting edge contemporary scholarship on international relations, comparative politics, public policy, political theory and (especially) politics and policy in the United Kingdom.

It is the world’s premier journal for research into British politics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.4

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.187

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3620

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	526

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Environmental Science and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Privatised Keynesianism: An Unacknowledged Policy Regime

  Citation: 509

  Authors: Colin

• Celebrity Politicians: Popular Culture and Political Representation

  Citation: 347

  Authors: John

• New Labour and the Politics of Depoliticisation

  Citation: 329

  Authors: Peter

• Taking back control? Investigating the role of immigration in the 2016 vote for Brexit

  Citation: 299

  Authors: Matthew, Caitlin

• Counter-Terrorism and the Counterfactual: Producing the ‘Radicalisation’ Discourse and the UK PREVENT Strategy

  Citation: 217

  Authors: Charlotte

• Crisis and the Structural Transformation of the State: Interrogating the Process of Change

  Citation: 211

  Authors: Colin

• A Generation Apart? Youth and Political Participation in Britain

  Citation: 199

  Authors: Matt, Mark, Dominic

• Sports Mega-Events as Part of a Nation's Soft Power Strategy: The Cases of Germany (2006) and the UK (2012)

  Citation: 174

  Authors: Jonathan, Barrie

• Online Participation in the UK: Testing a ‘Contextualised’ Model of Internet Effects

  Citation: 173

  Authors: Rachel K., Wainer, Stephen

• Left and right populism compared: The British case

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Luke

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