Political Science publishes peer-reviewed articles and review essays across all fields and subdisciplines of political science and international relations.
Political Science is an academic journal published in Aotearoa New Zealand by the Political Science and International Relations Programme at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, in association with the New Zealand Political Studies Association/Te Kāhui Tātai Tōrangapū o Aotearoa. Its foundation in 1948 makes it one of the world’s longest running political science journals. It presents original, peer reviewed, high-quality scholarship drawing on a variety of theories and methodologies. It welcomes submissions of papers, research notes and proposals for review articles from all parts of the world and, where of relevance to political science, from related disciplines such as sociology, Indigenous studies, psychology, philosophy, and economics.
Journal metrics
Usage
35K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.2 (2023) Impact Factor
1.4 (2023) 5 year IF
0.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
0.482 (2023) SNIP
0.175 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
21 days avg. from submission to first
decision
11% 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 Matthew Castle - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Jack Vowles - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Fiona Barker - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Editorial Manager: Will Dreyer - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Editorial Board Tim Bale - Queen Mary, University of London, UK Maria Bargh - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Clive Bean - Queensland University of Technology, Australia Margaret Clark - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Jen Curtin - University of Auckland, New Zealand Jon Fraenkel - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Evelyn Goh - Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Janine Hayward - University of Otago, New Zealand Qingguo Jia - Peking University, China Andre Kaiser - University of Cologne, Germany Richard Ned Lebow - King's College London, UK Raymond Miller - University of Auckland, New Zealand Jack Nagel - University of Pennsylvania, USA Pippa Norris - Harvard University, USA Robbie Shilliam - Queen Mary University of London, UK Alexander Tan - University of Canterbury, New Zealand Jacqui True - Monash University, Australia
Open access
Political Science 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)
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