''Scandinavian Political Studies'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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covering
political science
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in the
Nordic countries
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published by
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.
The current joint editors-in-chief are Maximilian Conrad (
University of Iceland
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), Silja Bára R. Ómarsdóttir (
University of Iceland
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), and Stefanía Óskarsdóttir (
University of Iceland
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).
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'', the journal has a 2014
impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 1.114, ranking it 50th out of 161 journals in the category "Political Science".
See also
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List of political science journals
This is a list of political science journals presenting representative peer-reviewed academic journals in the field of political science.
A
*'' Acta Politica''
*'' African Affairs''
*'' American Affairs''
*'' American Journal of Political Scie ...
References
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