British Journal of Political Science

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in EBSCOhost, International Political Science Abstracts, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, PAIS International, Social Sciences Citation Index, CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature and International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature and Social Sciences. According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 4.292, ranking it 4th out of 176 journals in the category "Political Science". [2]

Awards

In association with the British Academy and the Cambridge University Press, the journal awards the Brian Barry Prize in Political Science. The winning essay is then published in this journal. [3]

Notable staff

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References

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  2. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Political Science". 2018 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2018.
  3. "A New Prize In Political Science: The Brian Barry Prize" (PDF). University of Essex. Cambridge Journals. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. "New staff member: Sarah Birch". School of Social & Political Sciences. University of Glasgow. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2017.