Political Research Quarterly

Last updated

History

Originally named the Western Political Quarterly, it served as the official journal of the Western Political Science Association since it was first published by the University of Utah in March, 1948. The relationship between the association and the journal was formalized in 1971. The journal was renamed Political Research Quarterly in 1992. [2]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 2.531, ranking it 67th out of 187 journals in the category "Political Science". [3]

See also

Related Research Articles

Public Opinion Quarterly is an academic journal published by Oxford University Press for the American Association for Public Opinion Research, covering communication studies and political science. It was established in 1937 and according to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 1.429, ranking it 20th out of 79 journals in the category "Communication", 37th out of 163 journals in the category "Political Science" and 18th out of 93 journals in the category "Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary". The journal was originally sponsored by Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Its first editor-in-chief was former diplomat DeWitt Clinton Poole.

<i>The Journal of Asian Studies</i> Academic journal

The Journal of Asian Studies, the flagship journal of the Association for Asian Studies, has long been regarded as the most authoritative, prestigious, and selective peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of Asian studies. Published by Duke University Press since 2023, under the guidance of its editorial board, it regularly presents the very best empirical and multidisciplinary work on Asia, spanning the arts, history, literature, the social sciences, and cultural studies. In addition to research, current interest, and state-of-the-field articles, a large section of the journal is devoted to book reviews.

The American Political Science Review is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all areas of political science. It is an official journal of the American Political Science Association and is published on their behalf by Cambridge University Press. The journal was established in 1906. It is considered a flagship journal in political science.

<i>Journal of Conflict Resolution</i> Academic journal

The Journal of Conflict Resolution is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on international conflict and conflict resolution. It was established in 1957 and is published by SAGE Publications. The editor-in-chief is Paul Huth.

<i>The Middle East Journal</i> Academic journal

The Middle East Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Middle East Institute. It was established in 1947 and covers research on the modern Middle East, including political, economic, and social developments and historical events in North Africa, the Middle East, Caucasus, and Central Asia. Jacob Passel is the current editor.

<i>American Sociological Review</i> Academic journal

The American Sociological Review is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of sociology. It is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the American Sociological Association. It was established in 1936. The editors-in-chief are Arthur S. Alderson and Dina G. Okamoto.

<i>The China Quarterly</i> British peer-reviewed academic journal

The China Quarterly (CQ) is a British double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1960 on contemporary China including Taiwan.

<i>Modern Asian Studies</i> Academic journal

Modern Asian Studies is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of Asian studies, published by Cambridge University Press. The journal was established in 1967 by the Syndics of the University of Cambridge and the Committee of Directors at the Centre of South Asian Studies (CSAS), a joint initiative among SOAS University of London, University of Cambridge, University of Hull, University of Leeds, and University of Sheffield. The journal covers the history, sociology, economics, and culture of modern Asia.

<i>Cooperation and Conflict</i> Academic journal

Cooperation and Conflict is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of international studies with a Nordic and European focus. The editors-in-chief are Annika Björkdahl and Martin Hall. The journal was established in 1965 and is published by SAGE Publications in association with the Nordic International Studies Association.

<i>American Politics Research</i> Academic journal

American Politics Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the subfield of American politics in the discipline of political science. The journal's editor-in-chief is Costas Panagopolous. It was established in 1973 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.

<i>Comparative Political Studies</i> Academic journal

Comparative Political Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal. It was established in 1968 by SAGE Publications, who continue to publish it today. The editors are David J. Samuels, University of Minnesota, and Benjamin W. Ansell, University of Oxford. The journal publishes methodological, theoretical, and research articles in the field of comparative politics at both the cross-national and intra-national levels.

<i>Political Theory</i> (journal) Academic journal

Political Theory is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering political science. Lawrie Balfour has been the editor-in-chief since 2016. From 2005 to 2012 the journal's editor-in-chief was Mary G. Dietz ; she was succeeded by Jane Bennett. Joshua Foa Dienstag, Elisabeth Ellis (University of Otago, and Davide Panagia became editors in 2021. The journal was established in 1973 and is published by SAGE Publications.

<i>The Sociological Review</i> Academic journal

The Sociological Review is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of sociology, including anthropology, criminology, philosophy, education, gender, medicine, and organization. The journal is published by SAGE Publications; before 2017 it was published by Wiley-Blackwell. It is one of the three "main sociology journals in Britain", along with the British Journal of Sociology and Sociology, and the oldest British sociology journal.

Public Administration is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal which covers research, theory, and practice in public administration, public policy, public organization theory, and public management. It was established in 1923 and was ranked in the top of its field by a 1983 survey. In 2021, the journal was ranked as second in the field of public administration. One of its founders was the Liberal and later Labour statesman Richard Haldane, and the journal awards an annual prize in his honour to the most distinguished practitioner essay published in Public Administration in that year. The journal is published by Wiley (publisher) and is edited by Bruce D. McDonald, III.

<i>Theory & Society</i> Academic journal

Theory & Society is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering theoretical analyses of social processes and phenomena. It was established by Alvin Gouldner in 1974. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media and the editor-in-chief is Janet Gouldner. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 1.9. On average, it takes the editorial staff two years before they make a decision whether or not to accept an article.

The Latin American Research Review is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on Latin America and the Caribbean. It was established in 1965 by the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) and is published by LASA's publishing arm, the Latin America Research Commons. The editor-in-chief is Aníbal Pérez Liñán. Articles are published in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. The journal articles are published only electronically, in an Open Access format.

British Journal of Political Science is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of political science.

Scandinavian Political Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering political science in the Nordic countries published by Wiley-Blackwell. The current joint editors-in-chief are Åse Gornitzka and Carl Henrik Knutsen.

Commonwealth & Comparative Politics is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of political science covering comparative politics, with an emphasis on the Commonwealth of Nations. It was established in 1961 as the Journal of Commonwealth Political Studies and renamed The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics in 1974, before obtaining its current title in 1998. The editors-in-chief are Andrew Wyatt and Nicola de Jager. Past editors include Vicky Randall, Colin Leys, and Kenneth Robinson (historian). The journal is published by Taylor & Francis.

<i>Western Journal of Emergency Medicine</i> Academic journal

The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, (WestJEM) is a bimonthly peer-reviewed, fully open access medical journal.

References

  1. Elisabeth Gayon (1985). "Guide documentaire de l'étudiant et du chercheur en science politique". In Madeleine Grawitz [in French]; Jean Leca [in French] (eds.). Traité de science politique (in French). Presses Universitaires de France. p. 305. ISBN   2-13-038858-2.
  2. Moulds, E. (2009). "Where We Came from: Defining the Western Political Science Association: A Brief, Very Selective Organizational History Sampled from the Archives of the WPSA". Political Research Quarterly. 62 (4): 840–842. doi: 10.1177/1065912909346698 . JSTOR   25594452. S2CID   154252897.
  3. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Political Science". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.