Commonwealth and Comparative Politics
Last updated ISSN 1466-2043
Commonwealth and Comparative Politics is published by Taylor & Francis in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Commonwealth and Comparative Politics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- South Asian Studies and Conflicts
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
- International Development and Aid
- Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
- Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Political Systems and Governance
- Caribbean history, culture, and politics
Key facts
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1466-2043, 1743-9094 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 943 |
| Publishing since | 1998 |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com/toc/fccp20/current |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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