About the journal
Research & Politics is an open-access journal published by SAGE Publishing in United States, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 800 USD. Declared review time at DOAJ: 12 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- SAGE Publishing
- ISSN
- 2053-1680
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Declared publication charge
- 800 USD
- Articles in DOAJ
- 609
- Declared review time
- 12 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- double_blind
- Official website
- https://journals.sagepub.com/home/rap
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2014-11-17
- Indexing
- DOAJ
- APC
- 800 USD
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 12 weeks — journal-declared only (not measured)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Descriptive metadata from public sources (DOAJ, OpenAlex, PubMed) as of the capture date shown — contains no assessment or judgment.
Articles in DOAJ
609
Most recent article
last month
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
12weeks
Works in OpenAlex
603
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
59
i10-index
279
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy13
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2022-07-04
- Added to DOAJ
- 2014-11-17
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- CLOCKSSLOCKSSPortico
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 99%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 97%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- APC waiver policy
- View policy
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity2
- Alternate titles
- Research and politicsR&P
- Source type
- journal
Classification2
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Social Media and Politics
- Social Media and Politics
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Media Influence and Politics
- Media Influence and Politics
Show all subjects (50)
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- International Relations and Foreign Policy
- International Development and Aid
- Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
- International Development and Aid
- Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- International Relations and Foreign Policy
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Computational and Text Analysis Methods
- Computational and Text Analysis Methods
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Corruption and Economic Development
- Corruption and Economic Development
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
- Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
Keywords (DOAJ)
- political science
- policy analysis
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