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Policy & Politics achieves impressive result in new impact factors and international rankings

Policy & Politics is the leading journal in the field of public policy. It is currently co-edited by Oscar Berglund of the Centre for Urban and Public Policy Research

2 July 2021

We are delighted to announce that Policy & Politics has achieved an impressive result in the 2021 Journal Citation Reports with an Impact Factor of 3.750. This places the Journal firmly in the top quartile of international journals in political science and in the second quartile in public administration.

This fantastic outcome is testimony to the hard work and skill of the previous co-editors: Sarah AyresSteve Martin and Felicity Matthews, coupled with the outstanding quality of research produced by our authors, the meticulous scrutiny of our peer reviewers, and the hard work of the Policy & Politics and Policy Press team. We would like to offer our thanks and congratulations to all.  

As the journal approaches its 50th year of publishing high quality research on the politics of policymaking in 2022, the School for Policy Studies which hosts its editorial team will be celebrating! Look out for more information in due course!

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