''Political Research Quarterly'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed academic journal
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that covers the field of
political science
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. The
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Charles Anthony Smith (University of California, Irvine); with associate editors: Andrew Flores (American University), Jennifer Garcia (Oberlin College), Stephen Andrew Nuno (Northern Arizona University), Davin Phoenix (University of California, Irvine), Julia Jordan-Zachary (Wake Forest University), Heather Smith-Cannoy (Arizona State University), Christopher Stout (Oregon State University), Jami Taylor (University of Toledo), Angelia Wilson (University of Manchester), and Wendy Wong (University of British Columbia); and managing editor: Jacob Sutherland (University of California, Irvine).
The journal was established in 1948
and is published by
Sage Publications on behalf of the
University of Utah
The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...
. It is the official journal of the
Western Political Science Association
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Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
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*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that i ...
.
History
Originally named the ''Western Political Quarterly'', it served as the official journal of the Western Political Science Association since it was first published by the
University of Utah
The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...
in March, 1948. The relationship between the association and the journal was formalized in 1971. The journal was renamed ''Political Research Quarterly'' in 1992.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in
Scopus
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and the
Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor
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of 2.531, ranking it 67th out of 187 journals in the category "Political Science".
See also
*
List of political science journals
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.sagepub.com/journals/Journal201839/title
SAGE Publishing academic journals
English-language journals
Political science journals
Quarterly journals
Publications established in 1948
University of Utah
Academic journals associated with universities and colleges of the United States
Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies of the United States