Political Research Quarterly
Political Research Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of political science. The editor-in-chief and American politics field editor is Seth C. McKee (Texas Tech University). Field editors: Toby J. Rider (Texas Tech University), international relations; Frank C. Thames (Texas Tech University), comparative politics and gender politics; Sophia Jordan Wallace (University of Washington), race, ethnicity and immigration; David Lay Williams (DePaul University), political theory and philosophy.
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| Discipline | Political science |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Seth C. McKee (Texas Tech University), Toby J. Rider (Texas Tech University), Frank C. Thames (Texas Tech University), Sophia Jordan Wallace (University of Washington), David Lay Williams (DePaul University). |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Western Political Quarterly |
| History | 1948-present |
| Publisher | Sage Publications on behalf of the University of Utah (United States) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 1.523 (2017) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Political Res. Q. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1065-9129 (print) 1938-274X (web) |
| LCCN | 93657077 |
| OCLC no. | 638770729 |
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The journal was established in 1948 and is published by Sage Publications on behalf of the University of Utah. It is the official journal of the Western Political Science Association.
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.[1]
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 2017 impact factor of 1.532, ranking it 65th out of 169 journals in the category "Political Science".[2]
See also
References
- 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.
- "Journals Ranked by Impact: Political Science". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2017.