Mediterranean Politics is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Taylor and Francis focusing on research into contemporary politics and international relations in the Mediterranean Sea and the regions surrounding it including the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia.[1] The current editors are Frédéric Volpi (University of Edinburgh), Sarah Wolff (Queen Mary, University of London), and Matt Buehler (University of Tennessee).[2]
| Discipline | Political science |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Frédéric Volpi Sarah Wolff Matt Buehler |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1996–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 1.844 (2019) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Mediterr. Politics |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1362-9395 (print) 1743-9418 (web) |
| LCCN | 97655068 |
| OCLC no. | 55073226 |
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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal's impact factor was 1.844 in 2019, which moved the journal up to 8/77 in Area Studies, 60/180 in Political Science, and places it 29/95 in International Relations. Previously, its 2018 impact factor was 1.732. [citation needed] This meant that Mediterranean Politics ranked 10/74 in the Area Studies Category, 26/91 in the International Relations Category, and 68/176 in the Political Science Category for that year.
In 2015, the impact factor was 0.741 with a ranking of 16/69 in Area Studies Category, 44/86 in the International Relations Category and 89/163 in the Political Science category.[citation needed] In 2014, the impact factor was 0.696, ranking it 87th out of 161 journals in the category "Political Science", 15th out of 65 journals in the category "Area Studies" and 44th out of 85 journals in the category "International Relations".[3]
The aims and objectives of Mediterranean Politics is to 'shed light on the connectedness of polities and societies and thus takes an interdisciplinary approach which, while generally focused on the disciplines of politics and international relations, is inclusive where appropriate of economics, political economy, human geography, sociology and anthropology'.[citation needed]
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edit- ^ "Mediterranean Politics: aims & scope". Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ "Mediterranean Politics: editorial board". Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Political Science, Area Studies and International Relations". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.