India Quarterly Impact Factor, Indexing, Ranking

India Quarterly (IQ) is a scholarly journal dedicated to publishing research in the field of Social Sciences. SAGE is the publisher of this esteemed journal. The P-ISSN assigned to India Quarterly is 0974-9284 and its abbreviated form is India Q.

India Quarterly is a peer reviewed journal of international affairs. When launched in 1945, its focus was primarily on India and Asia. However, as India’s interests have expanded so too has the mandate of the journal to include submissions on varied themes that are likely to impact India’s regional and global interests.

As the flagship publication of the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), the India Quarterly encourages scholars, analysts and policy makers to contribute original articles on matters concerning international relations, national foreign policies and diplomatic history. It promotes objective analysis on themes of critical importance for an understanding of international affairs. Conceptually sound, empirically grounded and policy-oriented articles are particularly encouraged. Its purview includes regional and global concerns such as environmental issues, energy security, the international ramifications of identity-centric conflicts, cross-border movements of people and related concerns of human trafficking, illegal weapons transfers, terrorism human security global and regional political economy and diplomatic history.

The opinions expressed in the India Quarterly are those of the authors and may need not necessarily be in conformity with the outlook of the ICWA.

India Quarterly Abbreviation : ISO Journal abbreviation refers to the shortened form or acronym used to represent the full title of a scholarly journal. The ISO4 Abbreviation of India Quarterly Journal is India Q.

The Ranking of India Quarterly in 2026 is 17464. Ranking systems aim to provide an indication of a journal's quality, influence, and prestige within a specific field or discipline.

The Impact Factor of India Quarterly in 2026 is 0.6. it is all calculated by Clarivate, which means how many times a particular citation has been published in the past two years.

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The SCImago of India Quarterly in 2026 is 0.235. It is measured by the number of citations which are made by the particular journals, and the journal from where the citations arrived from.

The H-Index of India Quarterly in 2026 is 10. The H-index is calculated on how many times a particular author is cited and the number of published papers that a particular author has.

The Quartile of India Quarterly is Q3. A quartile has three points, which are the upper quartile, median, and lower quartile. The main motive of the quartile is to calculate the interquartile range, that resembles the changes across the median.

The India Quarterly is indexed in (Indexing details)

• 1. Web of Science
• 2. UGC
• 3. Scopus
• 4. ProQuest
• 5. J Gate
• 6. Indian Citation Index
• 7. Google Scholar

Indexing services aim to make it easier for researchers, scholars, and readers to discover and access articles from various journals within a specific field or discipline.

The Editor-in-chief of India Quarterly is Vijay Thakur Singh, Director-General, Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), New Delhi

India Quarterly Call for paper : India Quarterly invites original research contributions for consideration of publication in India Quarterly journal.

Journal seeking submissions in the broad areas of Social Sciences that align with journal's focus on Social Sciences.

for details about call for paper please visit to the official website of the journal to check the details about call for papers.

Publishing in India Quarterly involves the following steps:

• Research: Conduct high-quality, impactful research in the field of Social Sciences.
• Familiarize Yourself: Read and understand the aims and scope of India Quarterly to ensure your work aligns with their focus.
• Manuscript Preparation: Prepare your manuscript according to the India Quarterly guidelines, including formatting, length, and referencing style.
• Submission: Submit your manuscript through the journal's online submission system.

• Journal Website
• Scopus
• SCImago