Research & Politics
Last updated ISSN 2053-1680
Research & Politics is published by SAGE Publishing in social sciences. It is open access. The article processing charge is $800.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Research & Politics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Social Media and Politics
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Media Influence and Politics
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2053-1680 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $800 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 609 |
| Publishing since | 2014 |
| Journal website | us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/research-politics |
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