The Apsa journal list
Popularity, Purpose and Performance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6234825 |
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| Authors | Duncan Mcdonnell (0000-0002-0319-3747, Griffith University), Lee Morgenbesser (0000-0002-3062-1284, Griffith University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 318-333 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10361146.2019.1616160 |
| OpenAlex | W2945572355 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
For over a decade, the Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) has maintained a list ranking journals into A*, A, B and C bands. However, we know little about how Politics scholars use and view the list. In this study, we firstly discuss the history of the APSA list, before then presenting the results of an original survey conducted in March 2017 with over 250 members of the discipline. While the APSA list seems to enjoy overall support, we find that there are concerns about its purpose, its assessment of journal quality and how it treats different subfields and methodologies. In the discussion section, we address some of the main criticisms that have been made of the list and offer a number of suggestions for revisions. These include widening the consultation process, making submissions to the ranking committee public and extending the range of journals included in the list
Citation · Information retrieval · Journal ranking · Library science · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Public relations · Quality (philosophy · Ranking (information retrieval · Section (typography · Computer Science · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Political Science Research and Education · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
| Highly cited | No |
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