The ''International Journal of Conflict and Violence'' (IJCV) is an
open access
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interdisciplinary
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scientific journal
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Content
Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such ...
covering
conflict and
violence
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research. It has been published twice a year in English since 2007 and encompasses contributions from a wide range of disciplines including sociology, political science, education, social psychology, criminology, ethnology, history, political philosophy, urban studies, economics, and the study of religions.
The
editors-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
are
Andreas Zick (
University of Bielefeld
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),
Steven F. Messner, (
University at Albany, SUNY
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),
Gary LaFree Gary LaFree is a Professor and Chair of the Criminology and Criminal Justice department at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Director of the Maryland Crime Research and Innovation Center (MCRIC) and the Founding Director of the National ...
, (
University of Maryland, College Park
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) and
Ekaterina Stepanova (
IMEMO, Russian Academy of Sciences) and is sponsored by the
(Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung, IKG) and the
German Research Foundation
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(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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DNB
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ISI: Social Sciences Citation Index
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SCOPUS
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According to the ''
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'', the journal has a 2014
impact factor
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of 0.578, ranking it 98th out of 161 journals in the category "Political Science" and 50th out of 85 journals in the category "International Relations".
See also
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List of international relations journals
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List of political science journals
This is a list of political science journals presenting representative academic journals in the field of political science.
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*'' Acta Politica''
*''African Affairs''
*'' American Journal of Political Science''
*''American Political Science Re ...
Notes
External links
Journal home page
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Biannual journals
International relations journals
Publications established in 1998
Violence journals