International Quarterly of Foreign Relations

International Quarterly of Foreign Relations

Significant Improvement in the Impact Factor of the Foreign Relations Quarterly: Achieving Third Place and Q1 Ranking in the Islamic World Citation Index (ISC)

  • 2026-05-12

The latest evaluation of scientific journals indexed in the Islamic World Citation Index (ISC) for the year 1403 (2024–2025) has been published. This assessment covered 4,231 scientific journals. According to these findings, the Foreign Relations quarterly has experienced unprecedented growth, ranking among the journals with the highest increase in impact factor. Key achievements of the Foreign Relations quarterly, based on the latest ISC evaluation, are as follows:

  1. Attainment of Q1 ranking by the Islamic World Citation Index.

  2. A 488% increase in the journal’s impact factor (rising from 0.113 to 0.552).

  3. Securing third place among 97 journals indexed in the fields of Political Science and International Relations (top 3%).

  4. Achieving 35th place among 887 journals in the mid-level category of Social Sciences (top 4%).

  5. Ranking 113rd among all 4,231 evaluated journals across all scientific disciplines (top 3%).

The editorial management team of the Foreign Relations quarterly congratulates the editorial board members, authors, respected readers, and the broader scientific community in the country on this historic and unprecedented achievement.