The ''Journal of Conflict Resolution'' is a bimonthly

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer revie ...

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

covering research on

international conflict Peace and conflict studies is a social science field that identifies and analyzes violent and nonviolent behaviours as well as the structural mechanisms attending conflicts (including social conflicts), with a view towards understanding those pro ...

and

conflict resolution Conflict resolution is conceptualized as the methods and processes involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of conflict and retribution. Committed group members attempt to resolve group conflicts by actively communicating information abo ...

. It was established in 1957 and is published by

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. The

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is Paul Huth (

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History

The journal was established in 1957. In 1959, the journal was run by the Center for Research on Conflict Resolution at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. When the Center closed in 1971 due to lack of funding, the journal was run by a team at Yale University. Since 2009, the journal has been run by a team at the University of Maryland.

Bruce Russett Bruce Martin Russett (born 1935) is Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Professor in International and Area Studies, MacMillan Center, Yale University, and edited the ''Journal of Conflict Resolution'' from 1972 to 2009. Academic car ...

was a long-time editor-in-chief of the journal prior to Paul Huth's appointment as editor-in-chief in 2009.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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, RePEc, and the

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2017

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of 3.491, ranking it 8th out of 69 journals in the category "Political Science" and 5th out of 85 journals in the category "International Relations".

References

External links

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