Comparative Political Theory

Aims & Scope

Comparative Political Theory aims to become the premier academic journal dedicated to fostering dialogue among intellectual traditions from across the globe to address vexing social and political problems.

The academic discipline of political theory largely formed in English-speaking countries in the twentieth century.

Political theorists such as John Rawls, Leo Strauss, Isaiah Berlin, and Hannah Arendt, as well as the main authors that they read, became the canon.

Political theorists sometimes read authors from China, India, Russia, Mexico, Ghana, Turkey, and elsewhere, but the discipline has been Euro-American-centric.

This journal aims to address this imbalance.

One way is to publish work on important authors, texts, arguments, schools, and traditions from around the world.

A second way is to publish work that fosters conversations between social and political theorists within and outside of the West.

In both cases, authors should explain how the work addresses pressing global problems.

Comparative Political Theory welcomes submissions from around the world that use diverse methodologies, that situate their arguments in different traditions, that can be more theoretical or more empirical, and so forth.

The main objective is to shed new light on social and political affairs.

View Aims & Scope

---

Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.247

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18696

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	19

---

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

---

Subjects & Keywords

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

---

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.

• Populism and Transnational Projection: The Legitimation Strategies of Pink Tide Neo-Populist Leaderships in Latin America

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Daniel F., Luis

• The Place of Confucianism in Pluralist East Asia

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Dongxian

• Comparative Political Thought: What Are We Looking At?

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Michael

• Identity Politics and the Decolonization of the Western Mind: The Intellectual Resilience of Alain de Benoist and the Nouvelle Droite

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Alberto

• Latin American Populist Authoritarian Inclusion

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Carlos

• Towards the Well-being of All: B.R. Ambedkar, Maitri, and Non-Fraternalist Democratic Solidarity

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Christine

• Grounded Normative Theory and Intersectional Differences

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Natasha

• The Safavid Machiavelli: Shāh Ê¿Abbās I and the “Great Man” Theory Revisited

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Vasileios

• Comparing Concepts of Shura – Insights for a Further Deparochialization of Democracy

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Valerian

• Ultimate Sovereignty and the Flexibility of the Islamic Caliphate/Democracy

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Mujtaba

---