''Public Opinion Quarterly'' is an
academic journal
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published by
Oxford University Press
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for the
American Association for Public Opinion Research
The American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) is a professional organization of more than 2,000 public opinion and survey research professionals in the United States and from around the world, with members from academia, media, gover ...
, covering
communication studies
Communication studies or communication science is an academic discipline that deals with processes of human communication and behavior, patterns of communication in interpersonal relationships, social interactions and communication in differen ...
and
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 in 1937
and according to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2015
impact factor
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of 1.429, ranking it 20th out of 79 journals in the category "Communication", 37th out of 163 journals in the category "Political Science" and 18th out of 93 journals in the category "Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary".
The journal was originally sponsored by
Princeton University
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's
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (formerly the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) is a professional public policy school at Princeton University. The school provides an array of comprehensive course ...
. Its first
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
was former diplomat
DeWitt Clinton Poole DeWitt Clinton Poole (1885–1952) was an American intelligence officer. He served as U.S. Consul General in Moscow, and acted as America's spymaster in Revolutionary Russia.
1918 Ambassadors plot to assassinate Lenin
Poole arrived in Moscow in ...
.
See also
*
List of political science journals
This is a list of political science journals presenting representative academic journals in the field of political science.
A
*''Acta Politica''
*''African Affairs''
*''American Journal of Political Science''
*''American Political Science Revi ...
*
Lloyd A. Free
References
External links
* {{official website, http://www.oxfordjournals.org/poq/about.html
Communication journals
Oxford University Press academic journals
Publications established in 1937
English-language journals
Quarterly journals
Political science journals