Policy and Society is a leading international open access journal that publishes peer-reviewed research on critical issues in policy theory and practice at the local, national and international levels. The journal aims to understand the origin, workings and implications of policies within their broader political, social and economic contexts.
Please note that proposals must be approved by the Editors prior to full manuscript submission. No unsolicited, single manuscript submissions will be accepted. Furthermore, Policy and Society only publishes thematic issues. As such, it does not accept individual articles outside of approved thematic issues.
Policy and Society publishes themed issues that encourage in-depth, critical analyses of specific policy areas. Completely open access, it offers authors the opportunity to publish an authoritative collection of articles addressing contemporary policy problems, issues and debates.
Each issue typically contains 6-7 articles of approximately 8,500 words each.
All submissions to Policy and Society are double-blind peer reviewed.
Submitting a Proposal for a Themed Issue Proposals should be approximately 4 pages in length and address the following:
1. The title of the proposed themed issue. 2. Statement of the subject to be explored and its significance to policy research. 3. Statement on the rationale for the proposed themed issue, including brief assessment of the books and articles on the proposed subject. 4. A list of 8 - 10 proposed articles along with authors’ name, article title, and detailed abstract of approximately 100 words each. 5. Comment on the linkages among the proposed articles.
Proposals are assessed on the basis of quality, including coherence across articles, as well as size of potential readership.
Articles may be rejected at any stage after submission of proposal and manuscripts, and peer review.
No full manuscripts will be accepted without approval of an initial proposal. Please send themed issue proposals to the Editors for initial review at [email protected].
Upcoming thematic issues (No manuscripts outside the pre-approved thematic issues will be considered. Please do not submit unsolicited articles.)
The Governance of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Governing Global Policy: IPE meets public policy
Policy Integration and Institutional Capacity
Policy Capacity and Health System Strengthening
Guest Editor Guidelines Please refer to this page for Guest Editor guidelines.
The journal operates a double-blind peer review policy.
Journal metrics
Usage
496K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
4.231 (2020) Impact Factor
Q1 (2020) Impact Factor Best Quartile
4.689 (2020) 5 year IF
5.6 (2020) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 (2020) CiteScore Best Quartile
2.386 (2020) SNIP
1.181 (2020) SJR
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.
Policy and Society is indexed in Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Scopus, Social Sciences Citation Index®.
Open access
Policy and Society is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. 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)
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. Discounts and waivers may also be available for researchers in selected countries when publishing in open access journals.
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