Since its launch in 1992, German Politics has established itself as the leading international journal in its field. Its mission is to provide theoretically informed perspectives on the changing agendas of German Politics. It engages with themes that connect Germany comparatively with other states – the challenges of globalisation, changes in international relations, and the widening and deepening of the European Union. It also links work on Germany to wider debates and issues in comparative politics, public policy, political behaviour, and political theory.
Peer Review All articles in this journal have been subject to review by two anonymous referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
117K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.9 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.8 (2023) 5 year IF
3.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.046 (2023) SNIP
0.561 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
62 days avg. from submission to first
decision
69 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
13 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
57% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
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.
Editors: Dan Hough -University of Sussex, UK Louise K. Davidson-Schmich-University of Miami, USA Kai Oppermann - Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
Review Editors: Jochen Müller -Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany Edward Turner -Aston University, Birmingham, UK
Editorial Co-ordinator: Eric Bientzle -Otto-Friedrich-Universität, Bamberg, Germany
Founding Editors: Eva Kolinsky; William Paterson; Gordon Smith
Editorial Advisory Board:
Klaus Armingeon - Universität Zürich (Switzerland) and Università degli Studi di Trento (Italy) Klaus Brummer- Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany Andreas Busch - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany Ross Campbell - University of the West of Scotland Mark K. Cassell - Kent State University, USA Patricia Daehnhardt - Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal Sandra Destradi - Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany Jessica Fortin-Rittberger - Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Austria Anna Geis- Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany Simon Green - Aston University, Birmingham, UK Dominic Heinz - Turkish-German University, Istanbul, Turkey Annette Henninger - Philipps University of Marburg, Germany Everhard Holtmann - Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Peter J. Katzenstein - Cornell University, USA Charles Lees - Flinders University, Australia Susanne Lütz - FernUniversität, Hagen, Germany Andrei S. Markovits - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Hanns W. Maull - Universität Trier, Germany Joyce Marie Mushaben - BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University, USA Wolfgang C. Müller - Universität Wien, Austria Jonathan Olsen - Texas Woman's University, USA Marion Reiser - Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany Carolyn Rowe - Aston University, Birmingham, UK Thomas Saalfeld - Otto-Friedrich-Universität, Bamberg, Germany Susan Scarrow - University of Houston, USA Manfred G. Schmidt - Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck - University of Mannheim, Germany Suzanne S. Schüttemeyer - Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Kathleen Thelen - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Markus Thiel - Florida International University, USA Christine Trampusch- University of Cologne, Germany Mark Vail - Wake Forest University, USA Sarah Wiliarty - Wesleyan University, USA Jennifer Yoder - Colby College, USA Goecke Yurdakul - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Abstracting and indexing
Indexed in Web of Science (SSCI) and Scopus.
Open access
German Politics is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
The editors of German Politics welcome proposals for special issues on German politics. We are particularly interested in research that links German politics to broader issues in comparative and international politics and in studies that approach Germany within a comparative context.
Contributors to special issues should reflect the diversity of our scholarly community in terms of national origin, gender, career stage, and other characteristics. Informal inquiries about planned special issues, including but not limited to time lines and topics, can be addressed to any of the editors. Typically German Politics publishes two special issues per year.
Completed proposals should be sent to the Managing Editor, Dan Hough, at [email protected]. In addition to the title, the proposal should address the following:
rationale and significance of the topic
research questions
methodological approaches
abstracts of the proposed articles (no less than 150 words)
anticipated date of submission
contact information for special issue editor(s)
biographical information about the authors
Special issues vary in length but normally consist of no fewer than six articles, excluding introductory and concluding chapters. The articles have to meet the same criteria as any other submissions to the journal. Please consult the submission guidelines and give special attention to the manuscript preparation guidelines.
Special issue submissions are subject to the same peer review process as individual articles: prereview by the editors and double-blind peer review by two external evaluators. The review process can only commence once all chapters have been uploaded. Submission does not guarantee publication of the special issue or of the individual articles.
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