About this journal

Aims and scope

A leading point of reference for scholars of Southern Europe, South European Society and Politics (SESP) publishes research that illuminates key aspects of contemporary Southern European society and politics. The journal covers Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey. SESP publishes comparative and inter-disciplinary analyses, as well as innovative country studies. It publishes research in particular by scholars working in political science, political economy, sociology, political psychology, and closely related disciplines—as well as research on timely and salient policy issues that are of broad interest.

The focus of  South European Society and Politics is on the domestic politics and society of the Southern European countries; it does not cover foreign and security policy. It welcomes studies on linkages between the European Union and Southern Europe that address fundamental aspects of domestic politics or society. SESP welcomes research using a variety of methodological approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, and experimental, that also contextualize their analyses in Southern Europe and/or the country or countries examined. Stylistically, SESP stresses readability for an inter-disciplinary and methodologically diverse readership.

The journal publishes research articles, review articles, discussions and comments. It also includes the South European Atlas section with election reports and articles on other subjects of topical interest. Published four times a year,  South European Society and Politics also invites distinguished guest editors to oversee special issues (see special issue submission guidelines).

Peer Review Statement

All research articles and review articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Discussions and comments are assessed by the Editors but are not externally peer reviewed.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 91K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 3.7 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 3.7 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 5.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 1.606 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.712 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 16 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 29 days avg. from acceptance to online publication

Editorial board

Editors:

Nicolò Conti - Università degli Studi di Roma Unitelma Sapienza, Italy - email:  [email protected]
Bonnie N Field -  Bentley University, USA - email:  [email protected] 

Associate Editors:

Sandra Bermúdez Torres - UNED, Madrid, Spain
Elisabetta de Giorgi - University of Trieste, Italy
Özge Kemahlıoğlu - Sabancı University, Istanbul, Turkey
Lorenzo Mosca - University of Parma, Italy
Myrto Tsakatika - University of Glasgow, UK

Associate Editor for Communications

Fabio Bordignon - University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy

Editorial Board:

Paloma Aguilar - UNED, Madrid, Spain
Nancy Bermeo - Oxford University, UK
Anna Bosco - University of Florence, Italy
Martin Bull - University of Salford, UK
Ali Çarkoglu - Koç University, Turkey
Nikiforos Diamandouros - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece and College of Europe, Bruges
Senem Aydin Düzgit - Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
Kevin Featherstone - London School of Economics, UK
Richard Gunther - Ohio State University, USA
Kerstin Hamann - University of Central Florida, USA
Carlos Jalali - University of Aveiro, Portugal
Ersin Kalaycioglu - Sabanci University, Turkey
Maria Kousis - University of Crete, Greece
Marco Lisi - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Manos Matsaganis - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Duncan McDonnell – Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
José Ramón Montero - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Leonardo Morlino - LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy
Roderick Pace - University of Malta, Malta
George Pagoulatos - Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece
Antonio Costa Pinto - University of Lisbon, Portugal
Francesco Ramella - University of Turin, Italy
Juan Rodríguez - Teruel - University of Valencia, Spain  
Sebastian Royo - Suffolk University, Boston, USA
Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca - Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain
Sabri Sayari - Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Mariano Torcal - Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Celia Valiente - Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Susannah Verney - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Luca Verzichelli - University of Siena, Italy

Founding Editors:

Martin Baldwin-Edwards - Mediterranean Migration Observatory, Athens, Greece
Martin Rhodes - University of Denver, USA
Susannah Verney - University of Athens, Greece


Updated 05-06-2024

Abstracting and indexing

South European Society and Politics is abstracted/indexed in:


CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

Current Abstracts

GEOBASE

Historical Abstracts

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences

OCLC

SCOPUS

Social Services Abstracts

Sociological Abstracts

Social Scisearch®

Thomson Reuters Social Sciences Citation Index® (SSCI)

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