Parliamentary Affairs
Last updated ISSN 0031-2290
Parliamentary Affairs is published by Oxford University Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,468.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Parliamentary Affairs concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Political and Economic history of UK and US
- Political Systems and Governance
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Irish and British Studies
- Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism
- Legal case studies and regulations
- Scottish History and National Identity
- Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Gender Politics and Representation
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0031-2290, 1460-2482 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,468 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 5,453 |
| Publishing since | 1947 |
| Journal website | pa.oxfordjournals.org/ |
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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