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Symposia in Fall 2018

5/26/2018

The JOP is starting a new Symposium section, which will include several short essays around a given topic. These topics will be based on important issues, which often have a real-world component, or involve retrospectives of important scholarship. The papers that ultimately comprise the Symposium articles -- which will often be short (maybe half as long as the usual articles in the JOP) -- will be original research, and will be selected via an open call and workshopped at the University of Southern California. They will also be editorially reviewed before they are published. And this process — as separate from typical peer-reviewed work — will be identified at the bottom of the first page of each article to ensure transparency.

Request for Proposals

There will be two Symposia Workshops at USC in Fall 2018 (dates TBD). The topics will be:

(1) Race and Law Enforcement

While scholarship on race and law enforcement exists, it has been dominated by sociologists and criminologists. So research often overlooks broader political science issues, like the nature of the state, the organization of government power, and democratic accountability & responsibility. Paper topics could include racial disparities in the use of force, the impact of police use of force on societal health & civic participation, and the democratic consequences of police militarization.

(2) Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump

President Trump has had a major effect on American foreign policy during his first year and half in office, involving international trade and investment , nuclear agreements, and relations with foreign governments. Paper topics could include how the Trump presidency affects our understanding of American foreign policy in new and different ways, and investigate its effect on trade, Great Power relations, cybersecurity, and migration.

Proposals for either Symposium should be 1-2 pages in length, and include (a) the research question and (b) the data and methods to be used.

Proposals should be sent to jopsymposium@usc.edu by July 1. Decisions will be made by August 1.

Summer Break, 2018

5/26/2018

The JOP will be on Summer Break in 2018 from Wednesday, August 1, through Wednesday, September 5. We will not accept new submissions during this break. Please continue to submit reviews and revised manuscripts through Editorial Manager.

July 31st, 2017

7/31/2017

Winter Break (2016): December 16 - January 17

11/15/2016

The Journal of Politics will be on winter break between December 16, 2016 and January 17, 2017. We will not accept new submissions during this time, but we will continue to conduct editorial review. Reviews and revised manuscripts should be submitted to Editorial Manager as usual.

Summer Break (2016): August 1 - September 6

7/21/2016

The JOP will be on summer break between Monday, August 1, 2016 and Tuesday, September 6, 2016. We will not accept new submissions during this time, but we will continue to conduct editorial review. Reviews and revised manuscripts should be submitted to Editorial Manager as usual.

New "Short Articles" Section

2/25/2016

The Journal of Politics is pleased to announce and begin accepting submissions for a new "Short Articles" section. This section will appear as necessary, in accordance with the volume of high-quality submissions received. Like standard articles, these brief contributions will appear in both the print and online editions of the Journal. Short paper submissions will be limited to 10 pages, double spaced -- and must follow the formatting guidelines laid out in the instructions to authors.

The Editorial Team encourages authors to submit original papers with narrower substantive focus and replications of important findings. The goal of this additional section is to promote the dissemination of ideas and findings that would otherwise be ignored because of the prioritization of novelty at general interest political science journals. In light of a growing body of research about publication bias, the Editorial Team has elected to provide authors with an opportunity to submit high-quality work that makes narrower - but critically important - contributions to existing areas of research.

The first “Short Articles” section should appear in the January 2017 issue of the Journal. Authors who have questions about the appropriateness of their submission for the short paper section are encouraged to contact the Journal at: jop@virginia.edu.

Winter Break (2015): December 20 - January 5

11/30/2015

The JOP will be on winter break between December 20 and January 5. We will not accept new submissions during this time, but we will continue to conduct editorial review and (happily) receive referee reports.

Summer Break (2015): August 8 - September 7

7/15/2015

The Journal of Politics summer hiatus will run from Saturday, August 8, 2015 through Monday, September 7, 2015. During this period we will not accept new manuscripts. However, the JOP will accept revised manuscripts, process incoming reviews, already-received manuscripts, and issue editorial decisions. Reviewers may login to Editorial Manager to submit their reviews during this period.

Authors will not be able to check the status of manuscripts through Editorial Manager during this period. If you would like to check your manuscript's status, please send an e-mail request with your manuscript number to jop@virginia.edu. We will be happy to assist you.

If you are in the process of preparing a manuscript for submission, please mark your calendars. Again, the JOP will be closed to new and revised manuscripts from August 8, 2015 through September 7, 2015.

Jeffery A. Jenkins
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Politics

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6/11/2015

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3/27/2015

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