Contemporary Politics

Aims & Scope

Contemporary Politics is an international peer-reviewed journal which examines the intersection of national and international politics.

Recognising that the boundaries between domestic and international politics are inherently porous, it provides a platform for studies which problematise, cross or transcend the disciplinary divide between international relations and comparative politics.

It publishes scholarly work which explores international interactions without ignoring the role of national and local trends, and/or explains national difference while being sensitive broader trends in contemporary global politics.

Over the last two decades, Contemporary Politics has developed a track record of publishing on political institutions, governance regimes and political economy.

However, the journal welcome submissions on any topic which sits at the intersection of domestic and international politics.

It takes an interest in major conceptual and theoretical issues generated by current world politics, and carries articles which should be accessible to informed academic and non-academic audiences.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	2.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5914

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	268

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.877

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	41

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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.

• Authoritarian regime types revisited: updated data in comparative perspective

  Citation: 197

  Authors: Michael, Jan, Axel

• Differences in political participation between young and old people

  Citation: 176

  Authors: Ellen

• Tuning out or left out? Participation and non-participation among young people

  Citation: 161

  Authors: Therese, Michael, Dave, Su, Alex

• Identity, procedures and performance: how authoritarian regimes legitimize their rule

  Citation: 153

  Authors: Christian, Julia

• What autocracies say (and what citizens hear): proposing four mechanisms of autocratic legitimation

  Citation: 147

  Authors: Alexander, Johannes

• The global politics of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human rights: an introduction

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Kelly, Matthew

• Would autocracies promote autocracy? A political economy perspective on regime-type export in regional neighbourhoods

  Citation: 106

  Authors: Julia, Jörn, Antje

• Critique of ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ in human rights discourse: global queer politics beyond the Yogyakarta Principles

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Matthew

• Authoritarian consolidation dynamics in Turkey

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Ãœmit

• Russia and ‘hybrid warfare’

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Bettina

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