Welcome to the new Journal of Politics Blog! We will use this space to highlight the path-breaking research published in the JOP and to make their contributions accessible to a wide audience.
The Journal’s new editorial team took over in January hitting the ground running. To date, we have received almost 350 new submissions while also managing manuscripts initiated with the previous editorial team.
Running a top-flight journal is a collective effort, encompassing authors, editors, and reviewers. In addition to ourselves as editors in chief, our team consists of associate editors Amy Catalinac, Katja Kleinberg, Olga Shvetsova, Nick Tampio, Julie Wronski, and Alex Wuttke. We are fortunate to have a great cast of editorial assistants in Yohan Ha, Abby Miller, Kelsey Ward, and Onsel Gurel Bayrali. And special thanks to Hyeyun Jeong for her web design expertise.
We strive to maintain a reasonable turnaround times in the review process. Much of this depends on our reviewers, of course. And to those who have (and will!) serve as reviewers, we extend our heartfelt thanks. We realize that reviewing manuscripts requires time and effort, but it is a critical component of the publication process. Particularly in times of uncertainty in the academic world, we are grateful for those of you willing to fill this role.
The JOP has a long history of publishing outstanding research, and this is a practice we aim to continue. As per the journal’s mission statement, we strive to feature “balanced treatments of research from scholars around the world, in all subfields of political science including American politics, comparative politics, international relations, political theory, and political methodology and formal theory.”
The editorial team is committed to this mission. We are particularly keen to attract submissions from areas historically less well represented in JOP, like international relations, political theory, and formal theory. In addition to trying to enhance the disciplinary representativeness of the work that appears in JOP, our team places great stock in attracting and publishing works that make significant theoretical contributions to our understanding of politics and political science. Reflective of this is the Journal’s consideration of works utilizing different article formats: standard research articles of 35 pages, short articles of 10 pages, and registered reports.
As a general journal with a wide readership, we believe the pages of the JOP should reflect the breadth of scholarship that constitutes modern political science. As always, we hope that scholars from all parts of the discipline consider submitting their best work to JOP. We would be excited to receive it! We hope this blog—as well as other outlets like social media channels and conference programming—will help amply the reach of your published work.
Tim Hellwig & Tim Nokken
Co-Editors in Chief