From European integration to processes of decentralisation in the Global South, from post-conflict federal power-sharing arrangements to minority nationalist movements and the spatial rescaling of public policy,the study of federalism and territorial politics now covers a wide variety of topics dealing with divided political authority and levels of government. From Argentina to China to Greenland, issues of (de)centralisation and multi-level territorial politics are of great importance.
Regional and Federal Studies is a refereed social science journal which provides an academic forum for the publication of leading international research on these issues. The journal carefully reviews, selects and publishes high-quality articles dealing with various aspects of comparative territorial politics, regionalism, federalism, subnational research, and multi-level governance crossing substantive, thematic, geographical, theoretical, and methodological boundaries. The journal is also open to publishing material on supra-national or inter-governmental cooperation where this is substantially informed by, or seeks to contribute to, literature on federalism and territorial politics.
When the journal was first created in 1991, as Regional Politics and Policy: An International Journal, its primary focus was on regionalism in Western Europe. Today, Regional and Federal Studies is a journal of global reference. The thirtieth anniversary issue of Regional and Federal Studies provides an overview of the development of the journal’s aims and scopes within the context of the wider field.
Peer Review
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
Election articles are sent out for double anonymized peer review to at least two reviewers. Election reports are reviewed by the annual review editors.Special Issue Introductions are reviewed by members of the editorial board.
Journal metrics
Usage
97K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.7 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.8 (2023) 5 year IF
3.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.409 (2023) SNIP
0.574 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
55 days avg. from submission to first
decision
90 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
9 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
45% acceptance rate
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and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
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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*:
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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
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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:
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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.
Imke Harbers -University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Arjan Schakel -University of Bergen, Norway
Rotimi Suberu –Bennington College, USA
Christina Zuber - Konstanz University, Germany
Editors of Annual Review of Regional Elections:
Valentyna Romanova - Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan
Arjan Schakel -University of Bergen, Norway
Editorial Assistant: Mattia Zulianello- University of Trieste, Italy
Book Review Editor:
Dani Cetrà -University of Barcelona
Founding Editors:
John Loughlin - Cardiff University, UK Paul Hainsworth - University of Ulster, UK
Editorial Advisory Board: Katharine Adeney – University of Nottingham, UK Jeffrey Anderson – Georgetown University, USA Jenna Bednar – University of Michigan, USA Natalie Behnke – TU Darmstadt, Germany Nicole Bolleyer – LMU Munich, Germany Martin Brusis– International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Sweden Jan Erk – Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco Jean Paul Faguet – London School of Economics (LSE), UK Tulia Falleti – University of Pennsylvania, USA Assefa Fiseha- Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa Alain G. Gagnon – Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada Agustina Giraudy – American University, Washington DC, USA Elliott Green – London School of Economics (LSE), UK Henry E. Hale– George Washington University, USA Ailsa Henderson – University of Edinburgh, UK Liesbet Hooghe – University of North Carolina, USA Rudolf Hrbek – University of Tübingen, Germany Michael Keating – University of Aberdeen, UK Tomila Lankina – London School of Economics (LSE), UK Gary Marks – University of North Carolina, USA Nicola McEwen - University of Glasgow, UK Yves Mény – Scuola Superiore Sant' Anna, Pisa, Italy Danielle Resnick – Brookings Institution, USA Sarah Shair-Rosenfield – University of York, UK Chanchal Kumar Sharma – Central University of Haryana, India Wilfried Swenden – University of Edinburgh, UK Michaël Tatham - University of Bergen, Norway Bizuneh Yimenu - University of Birmingham Jennifer Wallner – University of Ottawa, Canada Updated 03-04-2024
Abstracting and indexing
Emerging Sources Citation Index; Scopus;
Open access
Regional & Federal Studies 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.
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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 Editorial Board of Regional and Federal Studies, the global reference journal for federalism, regionalism, and multi-level governance, invites proposals for guest-edited special issues.
Proposals should concisely follow a theme that is of key interest to scholars of federalism, regionalism and multi-level governance, and significantly advance the state-of-the-art on the chosen theme. Individual contributions to the Special Issue should advance the broader theme, yet be individually strong enough to convince readers also as stand-alone articles.
While we welcome Special Issue proposals on any topic within the journal’s scope, we particularly encourage proposals that include cases and authors from different world regions, and/or proposals that study how federalism and territorial politics intersect with issues of general interest to political science (e.g. migration, polarization, or democratic backsliding).
Please refer to our guidelines for Special Issues for further detail. Informal inquiries regarding potential fit can be directed to Christina Zuber, managing editor for Special Issues ( [email protected]). We aim to return an initial decision on proposals within six weeks.
Annual Review of Regional Elections
The final Annual Review of Regional Elections (ARoRE) will appear in 2024 and authors are encouraged to submit their papers on regional elections as an original article.
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