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Political Behavior

United StatesSociology and Political Science (Q1)ISSN-matched source record
Q1Ranking
3.5Impact Factor (2025)
103H-index (SCImago 2025)
2.955SJR (2025)
1979-2026Coverage

About Political Behavior

Political Behavior is a scholarly journal published by Springer New York. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 2.955 and H-index of 103.

Coverage: 1979-2026. Research categories: Sociology and Political Science (Q1).

Verified field sources

  • Journal Impact Factor: 3.5 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Editor(s): Christopher Karpowitz; Jessica Preece (Editors-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)0190-9320, 1573-6687
ISSN-L0190-9320
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationSpringer Science+Business Media
Publisher country codeNL
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Not marked as fully open access; hybrid options may exist
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Not listed in OpenAlex metadata; this is not a direct DOAJ check
Works recorded in OpenAlex1,730
Citations recorded in OpenAlex90,745
OpenAlex H-index139
Years represented in OpenAlex1979–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Electoral Systems and Political Participation; Social Media and Politics; Social and Intergroup Psychology; Gender Politics and Representation; Media Influence and Politics; Social and Cultural Dynamics.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Reported open-access list prices

2,990.00 USD; 2,390.00 EUR; 2,090.00 GBP

APC list prices reported by OpenAlex, which obtains this information from DOAJ. Confirm current charges, taxes, waivers and eligibility with the publisher; this is not a fee quotation.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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