The independent review
Last updated ISSN 1086-1653
The independent review is published by The Independent Institute 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 The independent review concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- Economic Theory and Institutions
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Political Economy and Marxism
- Economic Theory and Policy
- Political Theory and Influence
- Global Financial Crisis and Policies
- Military and Defense Studies
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
Key facts
| Publisher | The Independent Institute |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1086-1653 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 178 |
| Publishing since | 1996 |
| Journal website | www.independent.org/publications/tir |
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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