The ''Journal of Democracy'' is a quarterly

academic journal An academic journal (or scholarly journal or scientific journal) is a periodical publication in which Scholarly method, scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. They serve as permanent and transparent forums for the ...

established in 1990 and an official publication of the National Endowment for Democracy's International Forum for Democratic Studies. It covers the study of

democracy Democracy (from , ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitiv ...

, democratic regimes, and pro-democracy movements throughout the world. In addition to scholarly research and analysis, the journal incorporates reports from activists on the ground, updates on elections, and reviews of recent literature in the field. Writers published in the journal have included

Václav Havel Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident. Havel served as the last List of presidents of Czechoslovakia, president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until 1992, prior to the dissol ...

, the

Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama (, ; ) is the head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. The term is part of the full title "Holiness Knowing Everything Vajradhara Dalai Lama" (圣识一切瓦齐尔达喇达赖喇嘛) given by Altan Khan, the first Shu ...

, and Zbigniew Brzezinski. The journal is published by the

Johns Hopkins University Press Johns Hopkins University Press (also referred to as JHU Press or JHUP) is the publishing division of Johns Hopkins University. It was founded in 1878 and is the oldest continuously running university press in the United States. The press publi ...

. The editors of the ''Journal of Democracy'' commission most articles but do consider unsolicited articles. The journal does not perform formal

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on all submissions, but some "are sent to outside scholars or specialists for comments and evaluation." According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 4.663

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as of 2021.

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''Journal of Democracy'' on the Johns Hopkins University Press website

''Journal of Democracy''
at Project MUSE Political science journals Johns Hopkins University Press academic journals English-language journals Academic journals established in 1990 Quarterly journals National Endowment for Democracy {{poli-journal-stub

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