Why Submit to the International Journal of Public Opinion Research?

The International Journal of Public Opinion Research is an international, high-impact journal that serves as a source of informed analysis and comment for both professionals and academics. Edited by a board drawn from over a dozen countries and several disciplines, and operated on a professional referee system, the journal is the first truly comparative, multidisciplinary forum serving the international community. An official journal of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), work detailed in the pages of IJPOR ensure its importance as a research resource. There are many reasons to publish your work here – read on below to find out more.  

Publish your research with us and benefit from:

Reputation for Excellence

• International Journal of Public Opinion Research is a highly ranked journal with an Impact Factor of 1.9.
• Browse some of the most highly cited research that has contributed to the journal’s continued success. By publishing here, your work could be included in future collections like this.
• IJPOR is indexed by IBSS, CSA Worldwide, Proquest, Scopus, and more. See the full list.

Excellent Author Experience

• Support from a renowned, global, and authoritative Editorial Board
• A simple online submission process through ScholarOne Manuscripts
• A detailed, double-blind peer review process with clear policies and expectations for authors

Community

• IJPOR is an official journal of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR). Society members receive full access to the journal.

Global Readership

• International Journal of Public Opinion Research was read by researchers in over 172 countries in 2022, demonstrating that work published in IJPOR truly has global reach and impact.

Range of Content

• As a multidisciplinary, trusted source for a wide range of high quality research, IJPOR welcomes manuscripts that describe: studies of public opinion that contribute to theory development and testing about political, social and current issues, particularly those that involve comparative analysis; the role of public opinion polls in political decision making, the development of public policies, electoral behavior, and mass communications, and more. Find out more about the scope of the journal here.
• In addition to original articles, the journal includes review articles, surveys of recent developments in the field, a major book reviews and notes section, journal abstracts, information about forthcoming conferences, and news about its sponsoring body, the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR). For more information about the types of submissions accepted, see the Author Guidelines.

Option for Open Access

• International Journal of Public Opinion Research is a hybrid open access journal and authors may choose to pay an open access fee to make their accepted manuscript freely available online. Learn more about OA and other licensing agreements here
• OUP has a growing number of Read and Publish agreements with institutions and consortia which provide funding for open access publishing. This means authors from participating institutions can publish open access, and the institution may pay the charge. Find out if your institution is participating.

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