This places the Journal firmly in the top quartile of international journals in political science (19 out of 317) and also in the top quartile in public administration (9 out of 91 journals).
The Policy and Politics Journal, which is hosted by the School for Policy Studies and published by Bristol University Press, is a world-leading journal that publishes high quality research on the politics of policymaking.
The journal’s co-editors* said: "As an editorial team, we are on a journey of diversifying and internationalising the content that we publish in P&P. We want to be known as a home for exciting and inclusive Public Policy scholarship.
“We know that a 2-year impact factor is a crude and often inaccurate way of measuring success. But we also acknowledge that maintaining a high impact factor is important for us to continue on this journey, attracting the very best research from colleagues at different career stages."
They added: "We are so grateful to all of you in our scholarly community for helping us achieve these excellent results. Thank you!"
The journal, now in its 52nd year, has also achieved a number of other citation metrics successes in 2024:
- Scopus’ Citescore has ranked P&P in the 91st percentile (20 out of 232 journals) in Public Administration.
- The Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) rankings place P&P in the top quartile (30 out of 216 journals) in Public Administration.
Congratulations to all involved.