Why Publish with International Political Sociology?

International Political Sociology (IPS) is an international, high-impact journal responding to the need for more productive collaboration among sociologists, international relations specialists, and socio-political theorists. IPS offers a meeting place for scholars from all over the world and strongly encourages transdisciplinary and critical analyses of contemporary global phenomena. IPS draws especially on traditions of historical, legal, cultural, economic and political sociology that address global orders and changes, as well as on the cognate fields of socio-political theory, anthropology and human geography. There are many reasons to publish your work with IPS - read on below to find out more.

Hear from the Editors

Watch a recent interview with Jessica Auchter & Kyle Grayson, the lead editors of International Political Sociology, about why IPS will make a good home for your research.

Publish your research with us and benefit from:

Excellent Author Experience 

• Support from a renowned, global, and authoritative Editorial Board

• A simple online submission process through ScholarOne Manuscripts

• A detailed, double-blind review process that provides authors with an understanding of the perceived strengths and weaknesses of their manuscript, the basis for the decision, and advice on how to proceed

Reputation

• International Political Sociology is a highly ranked journal with an Impact Factor of 3.5.

• Browse some of the most highly cited research that has contributed to our continued success. By publishing in IPS, your work could be included in future collections like this.

• In 2022, the average Altmetric score across the journal was an impressive 15.18.

Community

• International Political Sociology is an official journal of the International Studies Association. ISA members receive online access to all nine ISA publications, both current issues and extensive catalog of past issues and articles.

• IPS authors regularly feature in virtual issues – thematic groupings of articles previously published in the journal. Explore past virtual issues here.

• IPS has always been a journal explicitly dedicated to widening its reach beyond dominant Anglo-American-European circuits. In order to help broaden the community engaging in international studies, the journal will facilitate the submission of articles in languages other than English. The journal also has a Global South Pre-Submission Initiative offering promising scholars located at institutions in the Global South the opportunity for dedicated feedback on submissions they are preparing for IPS. Learn more about the initiative.

Global Readership

• International Political Sociology was read by researchers in 167 countries in 2022 demonstrating that work published in IPS truly has global reach and impact.

• All new abstracts in IPS are translated into French and Spanish.

• IPS also benefits from OUP’s world-class journals platform which boosts your article’s discoverability online, meaning it’s more likely to be found on platforms such as Google, Google Scholar, and PMC.

Range of Content

• IPS is interested in submissions that take our understanding of the international, transnational and global beyond the problem framings and conventional wisdom of international relations by engaging with the social, political, economic, and cultural practices that shape our world(s). Find out more about the journal’s aims and scope here

• International Political Sociology offers the option to publish Collective Discussion pieces that bring together up to six scholars to examine a specific dilemma, problem, idea, or puzzle within the field. Learn more about the types of articles accepted by IPS.

Option for Open Access

• IPS 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

• ISA members receive a discount on Article Processing Charges (APCs).

• 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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• Access the Submission Portal

• Learn more about our guidelines for authors