The visibility and academic impact of the journal are ensured through its inclusion in several prestigious national and international databases. Politics Quarterly (PQ) is indexed by the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), where it is recognized as a Core Journal. It is also indexed in the Scientific Information Database (SID), Magiran, and Noormags, ensuring that all published research is easily accessible to the Iranian academic community and scholars of Persian political literature.

To facilitate global reach and international citation, the journal is registered with several international indexing services. The metadata of all published articles is provided to Google Scholar and other academic search engines to maximize discoverability. Furthermore, the journal’s inclusion in the portal of scientific journals of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology ensures that it adheres to the official standards of academic quality and periodic evaluation. The journal also encourages the use of ORCID iDs for all contributing authors to ensure that their professional contributions are accurately attributed and distinguishable in the global research landscape.

PQ articles are indexed and abstracted across numerous national and international databases. The journal is covered by the following indexing and abstracting services.

Indexing & Abstracting Services

• Ebsco (https://about.ebsco.com/m/ee/Marketing/titleLists/awr-subject.htm)
• ISSN Portal (https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2476-2784)
• Magiran (https://www.magiran.com/magazine/7762)

Journal Ranking

• https://journals.msrt.ir/home/detail/11183/

Digital Preservation

• Iranian Academic Journals Platform (National Library and Archives of the Islamic Republic of Iran) (https://iranjournals.nlai.ir/handle/123456789/205703)

Content Aggregators

• Google Scholar
• ResearchGate (https://www.researchgate.net)
• WorldCat (OCLC) (https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/1525211507)