Comparative European Politics

Aims & Scope

Comparative European Politics (CEP) arises out of a unique editorial partnership linking political scientists in Europe and North America.

CEP defines its scope broadly to include the comparative politics and political economy of the whole of contemporary Europe within and beyond the European Union, the processes of European integration and enlargement and the place of Europe and European states within international/global political and economic dynamics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	2.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.969

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	44

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5089

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	399

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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.

• Measuring Political Deliberation: A Discourse Quality Index

  Citation: 401

  Authors: Marco R, André, Markus, Jürg

• Varieties of Residential Capitalism in the International Political Economy: Old Welfare States and the New Politics of Housing

  Citation: 252

  Authors: Herman, Leonard

• Political Trust, Satisfaction and Voter Turnout

  Citation: 204

  Authors: Kimmo, Maija

• What's Left of the Radical Left? The European Radical Left After 1989: Decline and Mutation

  Citation: 199

  Authors: Luke, Cas

• Is there really a retreat from multiculturalism policies? New evidence from the multiculturalism policy index

  Citation: 194

  Authors: Keith, Will

• Using Europe: Strategic action in multi-level politics

  Citation: 172

  Authors: Cornelia, Sophie

• European Immigration Policies in Comparative Perspective: Issue Salience, Partisanship and Immigrant Rights

  Citation: 131

  Authors: Terri, Adam

• Conditionality by other means: EU involvement in Italy’s structural reforms in the sovereign debt crisis

  Citation: 119

  Authors: Stefano

• Europeanization Beyond the Goodness of Fit: Domestic Politics in the Forefront

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Ellen, Michael

• Soft Governance and the Learning Spaces of Europe

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Martin

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