SCIMAGO Ranking: 19/615 Politics and International Relations
Edited by: Professor Jeffrey Haynes and Professor Aurel Croissant
Democratization is devoted to the study of the broad phenomenon of democratization – defined as the way democratic norms, institutions and practices evolve and are disseminated or retracted both within and across national and cultural boundaries. In particular, the journal aims to promote a better understanding of distinct phenomena, such as: transition to democracy and democratic installation, democratic consolidation and crisis, and deepening or weakening of democratic qualities. While the journal does not consider authoritarianism simply as a pre-stage to democracy, it also welcomes studies on various aspects of authoritarian polities, politics and policies, with the journal’s explicit aim to develop a broader understanding of possible relationships between authoritarian and democratic politics. While the focus lies on democratization viewed as a process, the journal also builds on the enduring interest in democracy itself and its analysis. Democratization looks at contemporary developments through a comparative lens. There is special reference to democracy, autocracy and democratization in the regions of the Global South and in post-communist societies, but not to the exclusion of other relevant areas such as North America, Australasia, and the European Union and its member states.
The journal aims to encourage debate on the many aspects of democratization that are of interest to policy-makers, administrators and journalists, aid and development personnel, as well as to all those involved in education.
Peer Review
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by anonymous referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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Journal metrics
Usage
507K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
3.7 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
4.2 (2023) 5 year IF
6.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
2.315 (2023) SNIP
1.565 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
0 days avg. from submission to first
decision
49 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
22 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
34% acceptance rate
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Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
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Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editors: Jeffrey Haynes - London Metropolitan University, UK Aurel Croissant - University of Heidelberg, Germany
Associate Editors: Max Groemping - Griffith University, Australia Sebastian Mazzuca - John Hopkins University, USA Nadine Sika - American University in Cairo, Egypt Balazs Szent-Ivanyi - Aston University, UK
Editorial Assistant: Anna Hengge - University of Heidelberg, Germany
Book Reviews: Felix Schulte - European Centre for Minority Issues, Germany
Editorial Board: Sarah Birch - Kings College London, UK Matthijs Bogaards - Central European University, Hungary Peter Burnell - University of Warwick, UK Jocelyne Cesari - University of Birmingham, UK Gordon Crawford - Coventry University, UK Christian Houle - Michigan State University, USA Gabrielle Lynch - University of Warwick, UK Wolfgang Merkel - Social Science Research Centre Berlin, Germany Jørgen Møller - Aarhus University, Denmark Paul Posner - Clark University, USA Svend-Erik Skaaning - Aarhus University, Denmark Mark Thompson - City University of Hong Kong Michael Wahman - Michigan State University, USA International Advisory Board: Thomas Carothers - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, USA Michael Coppedge - University of Notre Dame, USA Laure Delcour - University Paris 3- Sorbonne nouvelle, France and The College of Europe, Belgium Tina Freyburg - University of St Gallen, Switzerland Raymond Hinnebusch - University of St Andrews, UK Evelyne Huber - University of North Carolina, USA Judith Kelley - Duke University, USA Paul Kubicek - Oakland University, USA Staffan Lindberg- University of Gothenburg, Sweden David Pion-Berlin - University of California Riverside, USA Lise Rakner - Bergen University, Norway Jan Aart Scholte - University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Updated 06-07-2021
Abstracting and indexing
Articles appearing in this journal are abstracted and indexed in Thomson Reuters including Social Sciences Citation Index and Web of Science; EBSCOhost including Political Science Complete, International Political Science Abstracts Database, Historical Abstracts, and Public Affairs Index; Scopus, Sociological Abstracts,CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts and International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, among others.
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