Political Theory (journal)

Political Theory is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering political science. Lawrie Balfour (University of Virginia) has served as editor-in-chief since 2016. From 2005 to 2012, the editor-in-chief was Mary G. Dietz (Northwestern University) held the position, followed by Jane Bennett (Johns Hopkins University). In 2021, Joshua Foa Dienstag (University of California, Los Angeles), Elisabeth Ellis (University of Otago), and Davide Panagia (University of California, Los Angeles) were appointed as editors. The journal was established in 1973^[1] and is published by SAGE Publications.

Political Theory

Discipline	Political science
Language	English
Edited by	Joshua F. Dienstag, Elisabeth Ellis, Davide Panagia
Publication details
History	1973-present
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Frequency	Bimonthly
Impact factor	1.3 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Polit. Theory
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
ISSN	0090-5917 (print) 1552-7476 (web)
LCCN	73641963
JSTOR	0090-5917
OCLC no.	39266906
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archive

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 1.3.^[2]