What are the Best General Interest Journals in Political Science?
posted by Political Scientists for Scholarly Journal Ethics @ 3:34 PM
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The Anglo-Saxon polisci world will probably read Perspectives on Politics or PS: Political Science & Politics like polisci quasi-magazines.
And how are these supposed to be read?
I must refute 6:37. I'm unaware of many in the academic IR or Comparative realms that regularly read PoP, or consider sending their work there on a priority basis. It's generally considered a second tier general interest journal on top of the fact that "general interest" implies a broader spectrum of work than offered there. Journal of Politics or American Journal of Political Science offer a more robust variety than PoP, with better work.
Of note, I'm aware of several manuscripts recently withdrawn from PoP due to excessive time in review, and a non-compliant editorial staff/office (they don't respond to emails/phone calls for status requests after +6 months in review).
I concur with 3:48. Nothing but bad experiences with Perspectives on Politics. Wait until James Johnson is no longer Editor (two years?), before you send anything to PoP. A waste of a potentially good outlet.
Giles, Garand et al. have a new 2007 survey ranking of journals posted here:
http://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/Politics/papers/2008/McLean%20Blais%20Giles%20and%20Garand%20(April%202008).pdf
The top journals haven't changed much from their 2003 survey (of U.S. based scholars) reported in P.S. But once you drop down some, the rankings have changed for a number of journals.
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