International Relations is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 academic journal

Academic journal

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 that publishes papers four times a year in the field of Politics & International Relations. The journal's editors are Ken Booth (Aberystwyth University) and Michael Foley (Aberystwyth University). It has been in publication since 1960 and is currently published by SAGE Publications

SAGE Publications

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 in association with David Davies Memorial Institute.

Scope

International Relations aims to provide a broad scope in both subject-matter and method. The journal publishes articles from a range of perspectives and subjects relating to international relations including law, economics and philosophy. International Relations also contains mainstream conceptual work and policy analysis.

Abstracting and indexing

International Relations is abstracted and indexed in the following databases:

• Academic Abstracts
• Academic Index
• Current Contents
  Current Contents
  Current Contents is a rapid alerting service database from the Institute for Scientific Information, now part of Thomson Reuters, that is published online and in several different printed subject sections.-History:...
  
  : Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Economic Literature Index
• Social Sciences Citation Index
  Social Sciences Citation Index
  Social Sciences Citation Index is an interdisciplinary citation index product of Thomson Reuters' Healthcare & Science division. It was developed by the Institute for Scientific Information from the Science Citation Index....
  
   (Impact Factor pending)
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

External links

• Aberystwyth University Official website