European Journal of Political Research

European Journal of Political Research
Title	European Journal of Political Research
Discipline	Political Science
Abbreviation	EJPR
Publisher	SAGE Publications (on behalf of the European Consortium for Political Research)
Country	United Kingdom / Europe
Frequency	Monthly
History	1973–present
Impact	3.2
Impact year	2024

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European Journal of Political Research is a peer-reviewed scholarly periodical publishing empirical and theoretical studies in political science, comparative politics, and European studies. It serves as a forum linking work by scholars associated with institutions such as the European Consortium for Political Research, London School of Economics, and Sciences Po, and engages debates involving actors like European Commission, European Parliament, and national parliaments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Poland. The journal frequently intersects research themes addressed by organizations such as NATO, OECD, Council of Europe, World Bank, and projects funded by the Horizon Europe programme.

History

Founded in 1973 amid institutional changes across Belgium and Netherlands research networks, the journal emerged alongside entities like the European University Institute and the College of Europe. Early editorial leadership drew on scholars affiliated with Max Planck Society, École Polytechnique, and Università di Bologna, situating the journal within debates catalyzed by events such as the Treaty of Rome, the Helsinki Accords, and the enlargement rounds involving Greece, Portugal, and Spain. Over decades the title navigated scholarly shifts prompted by the end of the Cold War, the Maastricht Treaty, the enlargement of the European Union in 2004, and contemporary crises such as the Eurozone crisis and the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016. Institutional partnerships evolved through ties with publishers and associations including SAGE Publications, Cambridge University Press, and the European Political Science Association.

The journal publishes empirical analyses and methodological innovations relevant to scholars at Oxford University, Cambridge University, University of Chicago, Yale University, and Princeton University as well as continental institutions like Universität Heidelberg, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and Humboldt University of Berlin. Topics commonly addressed include electoral behavior in contexts like the French legislative election, 2017, legislative coalitions in cases such as German federal election, 2013, party systems including studies of Sinn Féin, La République En Marche!, and Fidesz, public policy comparisons invoking Schengen Agreement effects, and institutional analyses of bodies like the European Court of Justice and the European Central Bank. Methodological contributions often reference techniques used in work associated with the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, the Rothamsted Research-style data infrastructures, and collaborations linked to the ESRC and SNSF funding bodies.

The editorial board comprises scholars from departments such as King's College London, Trinity College Dublin, Central European University, Bocconi University, and Universität Zürich, and has included editors with ties to prizes like the ECPR Prize, the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute awards. Peer review follows single- or double-anonymized processes comparable to those used by journals like American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, and British Journal of Political Science, with reviewers drawn from networks encompassing the European Research Council, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, and national academies such as the British Academy and the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.

Published monthly and distributed through platforms used by SAGE Publications, the journal is available in print and via digital repositories akin to those maintained by JSTOR, Project MUSE, and institutional archives at the Library of Congress and the British Library. Access policies engage with open scholarship debates triggered by mandates from bodies like Plan S, and funding conditions imposed by agencies such as Wellcome Trust and the European Research Council. Contributors often deposit preprints in archives associated with SSRN, RePEc, and university repositories at Université Catholique de Louvain and University of Amsterdam.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in major services including Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, and databases used by librarians at Harvard University, Columbia University, and University of California, Berkeley. Listings mirror inclusion criteria similar to those of the Social Sciences Citation Index and the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, and bibliometric tracking interacts with tools like Google Scholar, CrossRef, and metrics compiled by Clarivate Analytics.

Citations to the journal are discussed in reviews published in outlets such as Times Higher Education, The Economist, and specialist newsletters from the European Political Science Association and the American Political Science Association. Impact factor and ranking comparisons place it alongside titles like Comparative Political Studies, European Union Politics, and Party Politics, and its influence is noted in policy reports from the European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation and think tanks such as Bruegel, Chatham House, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Debates about its scope respond to critiques raised in forums hosted by TEDx events and panels at the ECPR General Conference.

The journal has featured influential articles addressing topics related to the European debt crisis, analyses employing methods developed in conjunction with Bayesian statistics proponents at University of California, Los Angeles and London School of Economics, and comparative case studies that examine episodes such as the Greek government-debt crisis, the Catalan independence movement, and the Brexit referendum. Special issues have focused on themes connected to projects funded by the Horizon 2020 programme, edited collections linked to conferences at Sciences Po, Bergen Summer Research School, and symposia involving contributors from institutions like King's College London and Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Category:Political science journals Category:Academic journals established in 1973