''Legislative Studies Quarterly'' is a quarterly

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published by

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and is the official journal of the Legislative Studies Section of the

American Political Science Association The American Political Science Association (APSA) is a professional association of political scientists in the United States. Founded in 1903 in the Tilton Memorial Library (now Tilton Hall) of Tulane University in New Orleans, it publishes four ...

. The journal was established in 1976 and the current Co-Editors are Tiffany Barnes, Justin Kirkland, Jason M. Roberts, Jonathan Slapin, Sarah Treul. The executive editor is Brian Crisp ( Washington University in St. Louis). The journal publishes articles on legislative systems, processes, and behavior, including parliaments and

legislatures A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers ...

, their relations to other

political institutions In political science, a political system means the form of Political organisation, political organization that can be observed, recognised or otherwise declared by a society or state (polity), state. It defines the process for making official gov ...

, their functions in the political system, and the activities of their members both within the institution and outside. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2015

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of 0.810, ranking it 80th out of 163 journals in the category "Political Science". In 2020, the impact factor has raised to 2.159 (Clarivate Analytics), ranking it 82nd out of 183 in the category of "Political Science".

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