International Political Sociology

Aims & Scope

We are interested in submissions that take our understanding of international, transnational and global phenomena out of the comfort zone of familiar approaches.

Currently we are particularly interested in receiving papers on new developments in postcolonial and decolonial approaches, questions of transversal citizenship, innovative analyses of gender relations, the international re-politicisation of inequality, new debates on the Anthropocene, innovative approaches to critical thinking and methods, re-imaginations of security, and critical engagements with practice theory.

We are also interested in new transdisciplinary conversations that extend our circulations between the international, the political and the sociological.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6
2024	3.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.330

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	58

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2966

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	318

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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.

• Henri Lefebvre on State, Space, Territory

  Citation: 268

  Authors: Neil, Stuart

• The Humanitarian Politics of European Border Policing: Frontex and Border Police in Evros^,

  Citation: 236

  Authors: Polly

• Security Beyond the State: Global Security Assemblages in International Politics

  Citation: 229

  Authors: Rita, Michael C.

• The Militarization of Urban Marginality: Lessons from the Brazilian Metropolis

  Citation: 215

  Authors: Loïc

• Pierre Bourdieu and International Relations: Power of Practices, Practices of Power

  Citation: 207

  Authors: Didier

• Affect as Methodology: Feminism and the Politics of Emotion1

  Citation: 205

  Authors: Linda

• After Snowden: Rethinking the Impact of Surveillance

  Citation: 204

  Authors: Zygmunt, Didier, Paulo, Elspeth, Vivienne, David, R. B. J.

• Beyond Informal Citizenship: The New Moral Economy of Migrant Illegality1

  Citation: 183

  Authors: Sébastien, Blanca

• Governmentalities of an Airport: Heterotopia and Confession

  Citation: 154

  Authors: MARK B.

• Spectacular Security: Mega-Events and the Security Complex

  Citation: 149

  Authors: Philip, Kevin D.

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