ABOUT THE JOURNAL
Top of pageAims and scope of journal
Since its inception in 1968, Polity has been committed to the publication of scholarship reflecting the full variety of approaches to the study of politics. As journals have become more specialized and less accessible to many within the discipline of political science, Polity has remained ecumenical. The editor and editorial board welcome articles intended to be of interest to an entire field (e.g., political theory or international politics) within political science, to the discipline as a whole, and to scholars in related disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities. Scholarship of this type promises to be highly "productive" - that is, to stimulate other scholars to ask fresh questions and reconsider conventional assumptions. Polity is devoted to the premise that political knowledge advances through scholarly communication across subdiscipline boundaries. This commitment has helped make Polity one of the most widely-known journals in political science.
The Polity review process is designed to identify high-quality research or important syntheses that should be made available to a broad scholarly audience. When a manuscript is submitted, the editorial staff makes a preliminary assessment of its quality and suitability. For manuscripts selected for full review, the journal seeks two types of evaluation. Each manuscript is read carefully by specialists in the subject matter who are in a position to assess its intellectual rigor and originality. In addition, the editor and/or a member of the editorial board consider whether the manuscript offers something significant to non-specialist readers. All reviews are anonymous.
Most Polity articles originate as unsolicited manuscripts, but the journal also publishes other forms of scholarship. Review essays appear on a regular basis. In addition, Polity offers occasional forums organized by the editor or a member of the editorial board on salient political issues, new directions in scholarship, or important questions that are provoking considerable discussion within the discipline.
Top of pageAbstracted/indexed in
- America: History and Life
- Historical Abstracts
- International Political Science Abstracts
- Sage Human Resources Abstracts
- Sage Public Administration Abstracts
- Sage Urban Studies Abstracts
- SCOPUS
- Social Sciences Index
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
ISSN and eISSN
The international standard serial number (ISSN) for Polity is 0032-3497 and the electronic international standard serial number (eISSN) is 1744-1684.
Top of pageEditors
Editor
Andrew Polsky, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York
Editorial Board
Kristi Andersen, Syracuse University
Ross K. Baker, Rutgers University
Lee Ann Banaszak, Penn State University
Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley
John Coleman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Anthony Corrado, Colby College
Stephen L. Esquith, Michigan State University
F. Gregory Gause, III, University of Vermont
Michael Goodhart, University of Pittsburgh
Mark Graber, University of Maryland
Andrew D. Grossman, Albion College
Michael J. Hiscox, Harvard University
Jeffrey C. Isaac, Indiana University
Larry Jacobs, University of Minnesota
Laura Jensen, Virginia Tech
Samuel Kernell, University of California, San Diego
Jytte Klausen, Brandeis University
Robert Lieberman, Columbia University
Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University
Patchen Markell, University of Chicago
Kirstie McClure, University of California, Los Angeles
Suzanne Mettler, Cornell University
Joshua I. Miller, Lafayette College
Bruce Miroff, University at Albany, SUNY
Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College
Patrick Neal, University of Vermont
Mary P. Nichols, Baylor University
Melissa Nobles, MIT
Andrew J. Polsky, Hunter College, CUNY
Adolph Reed, Jr., University of Pennsylvania
Diane S. Rubenstein, Cornell University
Nancy L. Schwartz, Wesleyan University
Beth Simmons, Harvard University
Rogers M. Smith, University of Pennsylvania
Vickie Sullivan, Tufts University
Daniel Tichenor, Rutgers University
Craig W. Thomas, University of Washington
John R. Wallach, Hunter College, CUNY
Keith Whittington, Princeton University
