The ''European Journal of Political Research'' (EJPR) is a major journal of European
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 ...
sponsored by the
European Consortium for Political Research
The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) is a scholarly association that supports and encourages the training, research and cross-national cooperation of many thousands of academics and graduate students specialising in political sci ...
(ECPR). It is one of the most highly respected journals in the discipline, and the first journal of the ECPR.
The EJPR specialises in articles articulating theoretical and comparative perspectives in political science, covering quantitative and qualitative approaches. All articles are subject to anonymised
peer review
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 review ...
. The Journal is currently edited by Isabelle Engeli (
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a public university , public research university in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of Min ...
), Emiliano Grossman (
Sciences Po Paris / CEE) and Sofia Vassilopoulou (
University of York
, mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £8.0 million
, budget = £403.6 million
, chancellor = Heather Melville
, vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery
, students ...
).
Ranking
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2015
impact factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as i ...
of 2.525, ranking it 9th out of 163 journals in the category "Political Science".
In 2008 and 2014, it was ranked by the
SCImago Journal Rank
The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) indicator is a measure of the prestige of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the prestige of the journals where the citations come from.
Rationale
Citati ...
48th and 26th, respectively in the ''Sociology and Political Science'' category.
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 ...
References
Political science journals
Wiley-Blackwell academic journals
Academic journals associated with international learned and professional societies of Europe
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