Significant Rise in REPS Journal’s Impact Factor in Clarivate Global Database — Political Science Reaches Q1

The Review of Economics and Political Science (REPS), the peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, has achieved a notable advancement in the 2024 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) by Clarivate Analytics.

The journal’s Impact Factor has significantly increased from 1.7 to 2.4, highlighting its growing international presence and commitment to research excellence.

In terms of subject category rankings, the Political Science section of the journal made a remarkable leap, moving from Q2 to Q1. Similarly, the Economics section recorded substantial progress within Q2, advancing in rank from 256 to 160.

 These developments across the world’s two leading academic databases—Clarivate and Scopus—underscore the rising academic stature of REPS and reflect the ongoing success of its strategic transformation into a high-impact, internationally recognized journal that meets the highest standards of scholarly publishing.

 On this occasion, Prof. Hanan Mohamed Ali, Acting Dean of the Faculty, extends sincere congratulations to the journal’s leadership: Prof. Heba Nassar, Editor-in-Chief; Managing Editors Dr. Ramy Magdy and Dr. Pakinam Fikry; as well as Ms. Mona Nasr for her dedicated administrative coordination.