peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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that covers the field of
international studies
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editors-in-chief
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are Annika Björkdahl and Martin Hall (
Lund University
, motto = Ad utrumque
, mottoeng = Prepared for both
, established =
, type = Public research university
, budget = SEK 9 billion and is published by
SAGE Publications
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in association with the
Nordic International Studies Association
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* Nordic countries, written in plural as Nordics, the northwestern European countries, including Scandinavia, Fennoscandia and the North Atlantic
* Scandinavia, a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in ...
.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in
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and the
Social Sciences Citation Index
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. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2015
impact factor
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of 1.000, ranking it =65th out of 163 journals in the category "Political Science" and 32nd out of 86 journals in the category "International Relations".
Former editors
* Bengt Sundelius (1994-1999)
*
Iver B. Neumann
Iver Brynild Neumann (born 10 October 1959) is a Norwegian political scientist and social anthropologist. He is Director of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute at Polhøgda, Lysaker, a position he has held since December 2019. From 2012-2017 he was the ...
(1999-2002)
See also
*
List of political science journals
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A
*'' Acta Politica''
*'' African Affairs''
*''American Journal of Political Science''
*''American Political Science Re ...
*
List of international relations journals
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