The British Journal of Politics and International Relations
Last updated ISSN 1369-1481
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations is published by SAGE Publishing in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,650.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The British Journal of Politics and International Relations concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Political and Economic history of UK and US
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- European Union Policy and Governance
- International Relations and Foreign Policy
- Political Systems and Governance
- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- Irish and British Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1369-1481, 1467-856X |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,650 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,270 |
| Publishing since | 1999 |
| Journal website | journals.sagepub.com/home/bpia |
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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