Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Aims & Scope

Communist and Post-Communist Studies (CPCS) is an international, peer-reviewed scholarly journal featuring comparative research on current and historical developments in the communist and post-communist world.

Post-communist states and societies encompass Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America, for which the term "post-communist" remains analytically useful as a temporal or geographical frame.

The journal broadly covers domestic politics and societies, foreign policy and international relations, ideology and identities, political economy, political and human geography, and law.

CPCS is committed to methodological pluralism and invites contributions from diverse disciplinary perspectives.

The journal publishes theoretically-informed case studies, cross-national analyses, and cross-regional comparison involving communist and post-communist states and societies, as well as historical or theoretical analyses bearing comparative significance.

CPCS promotes the voices and perspectives of scholars from all regions who contribute to, and engage with, international research on the Communist and Post-Communist world.

In addition to original research articles, CPCS publishes shorter Research Notes discussing new sources of data, archival research, fieldwork techniques, or ethical challenges of broad interest to the research community.

CPCS also welcomes proposals from Guest Editors for special issues.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.410

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	52

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13551

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	108

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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 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.

• A State-Led Nationalism: The Patriotic Education Campaign in Post-Tiananmen China

  Citation: 279

  Authors: Suisheng

• Resettlement for China's Three Gorges Dam: socio-economic impact and institutional tensions

  Citation: 142

  Authors: Sukhan, Adrian

• Corruption and anti-corruption in reform China

  Citation: 126

  Authors: Zengke

• International diffusion and postcommunist electoral revolutions

  Citation: 116

  Authors: Valerie J., Sharon L.

• Explaining trust in political institutions: Some illustrations from the Baltic states

  Citation: 104

  Authors: Kadri

• Dangerous collusion: corruption as a collective venture in contemporary China

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Ting

• Old welfare state theories and new welfare regimes in Eastern Europe: Challenges and implications

  Citation: 94

  Authors: Jolanta

• The radical right in post-communist Europe. Comparative perspectives on legacies and party competition

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Lenka, Herbert

• One step forward, two steps back: women in the post-communist states

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Suzanne

• Democracy or autocracy on the march? The colored revolutions as normal dynamics of patronal presidentialism

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Henry E.

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