Policy Sciences
{{Infobox journal
| title = Policy Sciences
| discipline = Public policy
| abbreviation = Policy Sci.
| editor = Michael P. Howlett
| publisher = Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the Society of Policy Scientists
| frequency = Quarterly
| history = 1970–present
| impact = 3.023
| impact-year = 2017
| website = https://www.springer.com/social+sciences/political+science/journal/11077
| link2 = https://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/11077
| link2-name = Online archive
| ISSN = 0032-2687
| eISSN = 1573-0891
| OCLC = 905451440
| JSTOR = 00322687
| LCCN = 79023541
}}
Policy Sciences is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering issues and practices in the policy studies. It was established in 1970 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the Society of Policy Scientists. The editor-in-chief is Michael P. Howlett (Simon Fraser University).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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- Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences{{cite web |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=Thomson Reuters |work=Intellectual Property & Science |accessdate=2016-04-26}}
- EBSCO databases
- EconLit
- GEOBASE{{cite web |url=http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/engineering-village/contentdatabase-overview |title=Content/Database Overview - GEOBASE Source List |publisher=Elsevier |work=Engineering Village |accessdate=2016-04-26}}
- International Bibliography of Periodical Literature
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
- International Political Science Abstracts
- ProQuest databases
- Research Papers in Economics
- Scopus{{cite web |url=http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/content-overview |title=Content overview |publisher=Elsevier |work=Scopus |accessdate=2016-04-26}}
- Social Sciences Citation Index
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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 3.023, ranking it ninth out of 57 journals in the category "Planning and Development",{{cite book |year=2018 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Planning and Development |title=2017 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}
seventh out of 47 journals in the category "Public Administration",{{cite book |year=2018 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Public Administration |title=2017 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }} and fifth out of 98 journals in the category "Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary".{{cite book |year=2018 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary |title=2017 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}
Editors-in-chief
The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief of the journal:
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- 1970-1973 E.S. Quade (RAND Corporation)
- 1974-1977 Garry Brewer (RAND Corporation/University of South Carolina/Yale University)
- 1978-1980 Thomas J. Anton (University of Michigan)
- 1981-1983 Peter de Leon (Columbia University)
- 1984-1986 Ronald Brunner (University of Colorado Boulder)
- 1987-1990 William Ascher (Duke University)
- 1991-1992 Garry Brewer (Yale University)
- 1992-1995 Douglas Torgerson (Trent University)
- 1996-1998 Patrick Larkey (Carnegie Mellon University)
- 1999-2001 John D. Montgomery (Harvard University)
- 2002-2004 Steven Brown (Kent State University)
- 2005-2008 Matthew Auer (Indiana University)
- 2009-2014 Toddi Steelman (North Carolina State University/University of Saskatchewan)
- 2015-present Michael Howlett (Simon Fraser University/National University of Singapore)
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Harold Lasswell Prize
Since 1984, the association has awarded the Harold Lasswell Memorial Prize for the best article published in the current volume of the journal. The prize selection committee usually is drawn from the editorial board and Springer Science+Business Media underwrites all expenses related to the prize.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.springer.com/social+sciences/political+science/journal/11077}}
Category:Springer Science+Business Media academic journals
Category:Political science journals