Contemporary Security Policy

Aims & Scope

One of the oldest peer-reviewed journals in international conflict and security, Contemporary Security Policy promotes theoretically-based research on policy problems of armed conflict, intervention and conflict resolution.

Since it first appeared in 1980, CSP has established its unique place as a meeting ground for research at the nexus of theory and policy.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5
2024	4.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1649

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	486

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.859

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.

• COVID-19 and emergency eLearning: Consequences of the securitization of higher education for post-pandemic pedagogy

  Citation: 521

  Authors: Michael P. A.

• Constructing Ontological Insecurity: The Insecuritization of Britain's Muslims

  Citation: 136

  Authors: Stuart

• The coming multi-order world

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Trine

• Resilience as the EU Global Strategy’s new leitmotif: pragmatic, problematic or promising?

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Wolfgang, Rosanne

• Why Russia attacked Ukraine: Strategic culture and radicalized narratives

  Citation: 90

  Authors: Elias, Jørgen

• The Fourth Wave in Deterrence Research

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Jeffrey W.

• Non-State Armed Actors, New Imagined Communities, and Shifting Patterns of Sovereignty and Insecurity in the Modern World

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Diane E.

• Cyber security meets security politics: Complex technology, fragmented politics, and networked science

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Myriam, Andreas

• NATO Burden-Sharing Redux: Continuity and Change after the Cold War

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Jens

• Values, rights, and changing interests: The EU’s response to the war against Ukraine and the responsibility to protect Europeans

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Giselle

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