Annual Review of Political Science
Last updated ISSN 1094-2939
Annual Review of Political Science is published by Annual Reviews in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Annual Review of Political Science concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- International Relations and Foreign Policy
- Social Media and Politics
- International Development and Aid
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
Key facts
| Publisher | Annual Reviews |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1094-2939, 1545-1577 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 719 |
| Publishing since | 1998 |
| Journal website | www.annualreviews.org/journal/polisci |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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