International Quarterly of Foreign Relations

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 evaluation, the International Quarterly of Foreign Relations has experienced unprecedented growth, ranking among the journals with the highest increase in impact factor. Key achievements of the International Quarterly of Foreign Relations, based on the latest ISC evaluation, are as follows:

1. Attainment of Q1 grade 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 International Quarterly of Foreign Relations congratulates the editorial board members, authors, respected readers, and the broader scientific community on this historic and unprecedented achievement.