''Political Science'' is a triannual

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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 d ...

covering

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

. It was established at

Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The university is well know ...

in 1948 and remains New Zealand's sole professional journal of political science.New Zealand Political Science Association
NZPSA Political Science Journal
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and has a broadly comparative or international approach, with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is a bibliography for social science and interdisciplinary research. The database focuses on the social science disciplines of anthropology, economics, politics and sociology, and rel ...

, and the

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. According to the ''

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'', its 2013

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is 0.700, ranking it 75th out of 156 journals in the category "Political Science".

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