Introduction to International Review of Ideology

Journal Information Journal Title: International Critical Thought (Guoji Sixiang Pinglun) International Standard Serial Number: ISSN: 2159-8282; eISSN: 2159-8312 Supervising Department: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Sponsoring Units: CASS Division of Marxist Studies and the Institute of Marxism Studies Publishing House: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group Editorial Department: Editorial Department of International Critical Thought Language of Publication: English Frequency of Publication: Quarterly Disciplinary Field: Marxist Theory Date of Founding: March 2011

Journal Influence Domestic Indexing: CASS China Humanities and Social Sciences AMI Comprehensive Evaluation Core Foreign Language Journal (2022) (The only core foreign language journal in the primary discipline of Marxist theory). International Indexing: ESCI (an edition of Web of Science: SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, ESCI); Scopus; ICI (Index Copernicus International); ANVUR (Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del sistema Universitario e della Ricerca); UGC-CARE (University Grants Commission - Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics); ABCD (Academic Business Current Data); OCLC (Online Computer Library Center). Impact Indicators: 0.8 (2024) Impact Factor: Q3 JIF (214/312 in Political Science); 0.6 (2024) 5-year IF; 1.1 (2024) CiteScore (Scopus): Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile (in Cultural Studies); 0.249 (2024) SJR: Q3 (in Political Science and International Relations). Scope of Circulation: Global (Subscribed to by 3,265 university and research institution libraries worldwide as of 2024). Download and Readership Volume: In 2024, the global download and readership volume for the electronic edition of papers exceeded 70,000 instances. The top ten countries by download and readership volume are: United Kingdom, United States, China, Australia, Canada, India, Netherlands, South Africa, Germany, and Turkey. The top ten universities and research institutions are: University of Edinburgh, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, New York University, Anadolu University, Nankai University, University of Sydney, Murdoch University, University of Leeds, University of Bristol, and Queen Mary University of London.

Submission Information Submission Website: www.tandfonline.com/rict Submission Requirements: Submitted papers should possess intellectual depth, academic rigor, and originality, with an emphasis on investigating the theory and practice of Marxism and socialism, as well as major issues in the development of human society in the contemporary world. Submissions must include at least two Word documents: a title page (containing the paper title, author biography, and author contact information) and the full text for blind peer review (including the paper title, abstract, keywords, and main body; references should use footnotes on the current page with continuous numbering, and must not contain the author’s name or contact information). Manuscript Language: Chinese or English. Manuscript Word Count: Approximately 15,000 characters for Chinese; 8,000–12,000 words for English.

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Contact Information Contact Email: ict@cass.org.cn Contact Telephone: 010-85195750 (Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9:00–16:30) Contact Address: Editorial Department of International Critical Thought, Institute of Marxism Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, No. 5 Jianguomen Nei Avenue, Beijing (Postal Code: 100732) Journal Website: www.tandfonline.com/rict