One of the oldest peer-reviewed journals in international conflict and security, Contemporary Security Policy promotes theoretically-based research on policy problems of armed conflict, intervention and conflict resolution. Since it first appeared in 1980, CSP has established its unique place as a meeting ground for research at the nexus of theory and policy.
Spanning the gap between academic and policy approaches, CSP offers policy analysts a place to pursue fundamental issues, and academic writers a venue for addressing policy. Major fields of concern include:
War and armed conflict
Peacekeeping
Conflict resolution
Arms control and disarmament
Defense policy
Strategic culture
International institutions.
CSP is committed to a broad range of intellectual perspectives. Articles promote new analytical approaches, iconoclastic interpretations and previously overlooked perspectives. Its pages encourage novel contributions and outlooks, not particular methodologies or policy goals. Its geographical scope is worldwide and includes security challenges in Europe, Africa, the Middle-East and Asia. Authors are encouraged to examine established priorities in innovative ways and to apply traditional methods to new problems.
In addition to regular articles and book reviews, CSP features special issues and symposia on particular topics. Relying on solicited and unsolicited contributions, these apply academic analysis to cutting-edge debates previously beyond the purview of scholarly journals. Peer reviewed, special issues and symposia balance spontaneity and incisiveness with academic rigor.
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All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the editor-in-chief, and, if found suitable for further consideration, research articles are then subject to peer review by two or more independent, anonymous expert referees. The exact same procedure applies for manuscripts included in special issues, including the special issue introduction; those manuscripts are subject to peer review by two or more independent, anonymous expert referees. Shorter manuscripts included in special forums, depending on the topicality of the forum, may be subject to expedited review by the editor-in-chief and at least one independent, anonymous expert referee. Prior to acceptance, all manuscripts are reviewed once more by the editor-in-chief. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via Editorial Manager.
Journal metrics
Usage
262K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
4.0 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
4.0 (2023) 5 year IF
14.6 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
3.639 (2023) SNIP
1.604 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
6 days avg. from submission to first
decision
48 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
13% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Myriam Dunn Cavelty (Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich) Nicole Jenne (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile) Yf Reykers (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
Malte Brosig (Witwatersrand, South Africa) Tobias Bunde (Hertie School of Governance & Munich Security Conference, Germany) Mely Caballero-Anthony (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Linda Darkwa (Training for Peace Programme, Ethiopia & University of Ghana, Legon) Hylke Dijkstra (Maastricht University, The Netherlands) Trine Flockhart (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) Jeffrey A. Friedman (Dartmouth College, US) Courtney J. Fung (Macquarie University, Australia) Alexandra Gheciu (University of Ottawa, Canada) Toni Haastrup (University of Stirling, UK) Yee Kuang Heng (University of Tokyo, Japan) Stephen Herzog (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Stéfanie von Hlatky (Queen’s University, Canada) Chin-Hao Huang (Yale-NUS College, Singapore) Ana E. Juncos (University of Bristol, UK) Jack Kalpakian (Al Akhawayn University, Morocco) John Karlsrud (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway) Aaron Karp (Old Dominion University, US) Regina Karp (Old Dominion University, US) Anne-Kathrin Kreft (University of Oslo, Norway) Amy King (Australian National University, Australia) Sarah Kreps (Cornell University, US) Andrej Krickovic (Higher School of Economics, Russia) Alexander Lanoszka (University of Waterloo, Canada) Jeffrey S. Lantis (College of Wooster, US) Nicola Leveringhaus (King’s College London, UK) Magnus Lundgren (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Carla Martinez Machain (Kansas State University, USA) Patrick A. Mello (Technical University of Munich, Germany) Jennifer Mitzen (Ohio State University, US) Elvira Rosert (University of Hamburg and Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, Germany) Maria Rost Rublee (Monash University, Australia) Martin Senn (University of Innsbruck, Austria) Rebecca Slayton (Cornell University, USA) Tim Stevens (King’s College London, UK) Tristan Volpe (Naval Postgraduate School, US) Wolfgang Wagner (VU Amsterdam, the Netherlands) Thomas Waldman (Macquarie University, Australia) Carmen Wunderlich (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Founding Editor Ian Bellany (1980-1990)
Previous Editors Ian Bellany and Coit D. Blacker (1980-1990) Stuart Croft and Terry Terriff (1991-2004) Aaron Karp and Regina Karp (2005-2016) Hylke Dijkstra (2016-2023)
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Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
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Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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