Journal Guide

International Political Science Review is committed to publishing peer-reviewed material that makes a significant contribution to international political science. IPSR seeks to meet the needs of political scientists throughout the world who are interested in studying political phenomena in the contemporary context of increasing international interdependence and global change.

International Political Sociology, (IPS), responds to the need for more productive collaboration among political sociologists, international relations specialists and sociopolitical theorists. It is especially concerned with challenges arising from contemporary transformations of social, political, and global orders given the statist forms of traditional sociologies and the marginalization of social processes in many approaches to international relations. IPS is committed to theoretical innovation, new modes of empirical research and the geographical and cultural diversification of research beyond the usual circuits of European and North-American scholarship. In order to help broaden the community engaging in international studies, the journal will facilitate the submission of articles in languages other than English.

International Politics is a leading peer reviewed journal dedicated to transnational issues and global problems. It subscribes to no political or methodological identity, and welcomes any appropriate contributions designed to communicate findings and enhance dialogue. International Politics defines itself as critical in character, truly international in scope, and totally engaged with the central issues facing the world today. Taking as its point of departure the simple but essential notion that no one approach has all the answers, it aims to provide a global forum for a rapidly expanding community of scholars from across the range of academic disciplines. International Politics aims to encourage debate, controversy and reflection. Topics addressed within the journal include: Rethinking the Clash of Civilizations Myths of Westphalia Holocaust and China Leo Strauss and the Cold War Justin Rosenberg and Globalisation Theory Putin and the West The USA Post-Bush Can China Rise Peacefully? Just Wars Cuba, Castro and After Gramsci and IR Is America in Decline? Recent authors include: Steven Chan, John M. Owen, Judith Kelly, Andrew Linklater, Geir Lundestad, Francois Heisbourg, Chris Brown, Richard Higgott, Charles Kegley, Linda Weiss, Andrew Gamble, Alex Callinicos, Justin Rosenberg, Linda Miller, Jan Art Scholte, Benno Teschke, Bob Bremmer, Mary Kaldor, John Agnew, Roland Axtman and Hendrik Spruyt.

International Polymer Processing, the journal of the Polymer Processing Society, is a discussion forum for the world-wide community of engineers and scientists in the broad and innovative field of polymer processing.International Polymer Processing covers research and industrial application in the very specific areas of designing polymer products, processes, processing machinery and equipment. The journal publishes original innovative articles by international experts.

The International Public Management Journal (IPMJ) publishes high-quality empirical and theoretical work on managing large organizations, particularly public organizations. IPMJ features work from scholars around the world who conduct research in the areas of public management and government reform, comparative public administration, organizational theory, and organizational behavior. IPMJ seeks to provide a bridge between those conducting research on public management and public administration on the one hand, and those working in the areas of organizational behavior and organization theory on the other. IPMJ intends to stimulate and reflect the academic interests of an international constituency of readers and scholars.Peer Review Policy:All research articles in International Public Management Journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees.

International Regional Science Review (IRSR), published quarterly, is an international forum for economists, geographers, planners, and other social scientists to share important research findings and methodological breakthroughs. Focusing on issues of theory, method, and public policy where the spatial or regional dimension is central, IRSR strives to promote useful scholarly research that is securely tied to the real world.

International Relations is an explicitly pluralist peer-reviewed journal, favouring variety in both subject-matter and method. IR welcomes articles from all perspectives and on all subjects pertaining to international relations including law, economics, ethics, strategy, philosophy, culture, and the environment, in addition to more mainstream conceptual work and policy analysis.

"International Relations of the Asia-Pacific has already published important contributions to our understanding of the dynamics of international politics in Asia and has presented important work on the wider debates in international relations theory from Asian perspectives. . . . It offers important original contributions by leading scholars, has high editorial standards and has the potential to become one of the leading journals in the field."Phil DeansHead, Contemporary China Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London"An exciting new journal that significantly advances the field of international relations by exploring frontier issues in the realm of theory, but in the context of urgent real world problems. A necessary source for all who want to know about the latest developments in IR and who welcome the advancement of knowledge through rigorous scholarly debates."Lucian W. PyePast President of the American Political Science Association"In a never ending sea of new publications, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific has established itself in a very short time as one of the leading journals that addresses crucial issues in Asia-Pacific with first-rate research written by leading scholars from around the world. Because it is beholden to no one school of thought, methodology or political ideology it is an important and welcome resource for all of us."Peter J. KatzensteinWalter S. Carpenter, Professor, Jr. of International Studies, Cornell UniversityInternational Relations of the Asia-Pacific is an intellectually stimulating journal that addresses major issues and developments taking place in the Asia-Pacific. The journal is a meeting place where various issues are debated from refreshingly diverging angles, backed up by rigorous scholarship. The journal is open to all methodological approaches and schools of thought, including non-western theories of international relations. It welcomes contributions on all important developments in the Asia-Pacific, such as the impact of the rise of China and India on regional power reconfiguration; America's power and role in transition; the challenges of regional governance and institution-building; Japan's transforming role in regional politics; deepening crises on the Korean Peninsula; trans-border issues and processes in Southeast Asia; and changing national identities.