''International Relations'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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that covers the field of
international relations
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. Each volume will normally contain peer-reviewed research articles, and a mixture of review essays, interviews, debates and forums.
The journal's
editors-in-chief
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is
Charalampos Efstathopoulos (
Aberystwyth University
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,
UK), the Editor at Large is
Ken Booth (Aberystwyth University, UK) and the Deupty Editor is
Hannah Huges (
Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth University () is a Public university, public Research university, research university in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding member institution of the former federal University of Wales. The university has over 8,000 stude ...
, UK). It was established in 1960 and is currently published by
SAGE Publications
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in association with the
David Davies Memorial Institute
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.
Abstracting and indexing
''International Relations'' is abstracted and indexed in:
* Academic Abstracts
* Academic Index
*
Current Contents
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History
''Current Contents ...
/Social and Behavioral Sciences
* Economic Literature Index
*
Social Sciences Citation Index
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*
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2014
impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 1.191, ranking it 23rd out of 85 journals in the category of "International Relations".
References
External links
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Academic journals established in 1960
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