Political science journals in comparative perspective: Evaluating scholarly journals in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2009
Abstract
In this article we report the results from a new survey of political scientists regarding their evaluations of journals in the political science discipline. Unlike previous research that has focused on data from the United States, we conducted an Internet survey of political scientists in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. We present data on journal evaluations, journal familiarity, and journal impact, both for our entire sample (N = 1,695) and separately for respondents from each of the three countries. We document the overall hierarchy of scholarly journals among political scientists, though we find important similarities and differences in how political scientists from these three countries evaluate the scholarly journals in the discipline. Our results suggest that there is a strong basis for cross-national integration in scholarly journal communication, though methodological differences among the three countries may be an impediment. © 2009 The American Political Science Association.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
PS - Political Science and Politics
First Page
695
Last Page
717
Recommended Citation
Garand, J., Giles, M., Blais, A., & McLean, I. (2009). Political science journals in comparative perspective: Evaluating scholarly journals in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. PS - Political Science and Politics, 42 (4), 695-717. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096509990205