Journal info (provided by editor)

% accepted last year
27% accepted
% immediately rejected last year
10% imm. rejected
Articles published last year
49 articles
Manuscripts received last year
181 manuscripts
Open access status
optional
Manuscript handling fee
other

Impact factors (provided by editor)

Two-year impact factor
1.14
Five-year impact factor
1.20

Aims and Scope

Political parties are intrinsic to every democratic political system, and with the dramatic changes that regularly sweep the political landscape, the study of their function and form is one of the most dynamic areas within contemporary scholarship. Party Politics is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the study of this integral component within political science.

This major international journal provides a forum for the analysis of political parties, including their historical development, structure, policy programmes, ideology, electoral and campaign strategies, and their role within the various national and international political systems of which they are a part.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
2.2 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
4.4 months
Decision time immediate rejection
n/a
Average number of review rounds
1.7 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
2.2 / 5.0 (easy)
Average number of review reports
2.2 reports

Characteristics of peer review process

Quality of review reports
3.8 / 5.0
Overall rating manuscript handling
3.9 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 7.4 weeks. Overall rating: 2 (moderate). Outcome: Rejected.

Motivation:
One of the reviewers (R1) was very nice and thorough. He suggested that the methods were “novel” and truly “innovative,” and gave good feedback on possible changes, in other words, minor revisions. Another reviewer (R2) wrote what felt like two sentences. I believe it went against the kind of work he/she does, so said that it was not “groundbreaking.” But the editor decided to reject it.