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Anonymous. on "Theoretical but not PT journal"

Anonymous. — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:02:02 +0000

If your stuff is interesting, please send it to PS.

Wart on "Theoretical but not PT journal"

Wart — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:53:35 +0000

Critical Review

qwerty on "Theoretical but not PT journal"

qwerty — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:07:21 +0000

The editors of Polity really crossover theory stuff.

bianchi77 on "Theoretical but not PT journal"

bianchi77 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:53:21 +0000

PS is a good option. Don't dismiss it so readily. There's also Perspectives on Politics, another good APSA journal (both are better/more interesting than APSR, in my opinion). There are also some niche journals on specific issues (heck, I just saw an advert for a Cambridge-published journal focused entirely on the 60s) out there that might work. Not sure of your topic, but a "thought" piece might fit in something like "Government & Opposition". Also, try some sociology journals.

huck finn on "Theoretical but not PT journal"

huck finn — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:33:48 +0000

Where would you try to send a paper that combines a discussion from political theory with one from political psychology (i.e. not to a proper PT journal)? I've heard Journal of Theoretical Politics used to publish that kind of close to cross-disciplinary stuff, but now it seems mostly oriented at game theory. And yes, I know PS is an option, but I'd like to aim higher.

lillnunnan@hotmail.com on "Where to publish pol.sociology/psychology"

lillnunnan@hotmail.com — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:55:25 +0000

Haha, thanks Ron, I'll watch out for Jacoby. He must be one of the nicest potential head-crushers I can think of. And thanks for the serious advice.

Anonymous on "Where to publish pol.sociology/psychology"

Anonymous — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:44:05 +0000

Quit spamming the boards, Inglehart. Nobody gives a **** anymore.

Anonymous on "Where to publish pol.sociology/psychology"

Anonymous — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:24:37 +0000

Shalom Swartz is going to eat your paper alive. Actually, if you're doing measurement dimensionality, Bill Jacoby is going to crush your head. He's crushing your head.

Anonymous on "Where to publish pol.sociology/psychology"

Anonymous — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:21:44 +0000

Just send it to Sweet Tits Magazine. They'll publish it toots.

Anonymous on "Where to publish pol.sociology/psychology"

Anonymous — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:06:29 +0000

One trick about fit - well, not a trick so much as something that's just common sense -is to frame the paper in relation to debates in the wider literature. So if you want to publish in Political Science journals, the paper should speak to and be framed in relation to other studies and debates within a particular area of political science. If you're going to send it to a sociology journal, you'll need to frame it in relation to debates and literature in sociology. If you don't do that, it's much less likely to look like something that "fits" the journal, or that would be of interest to the journal's audience.

Anonymous on "Where to publish pol.sociology/psychology"

Anonymous — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:02:23 +0000

Journals do receive articles from "nobodies" - grad students, people outside the academy. If they are good articles, and the articles fit with the kind of thing the journal usually publishes, then they'll send them out for (blind) peer review. Your nobody status shouldn't matter. The quality and fit of the paper will.

lillnunnan@hotmail.com on "Where to publish pol.sociology/psychology"

lillnunnan@hotmail.com — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:57:31 +0000

Come on, the editor isn't blind is he...

Anonymous on "Where to publish pol.sociology/psychology"

Anonymous — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:54:42 +0000

I don't even understand your description of your topic, but if you've seen something similar in the APSR, just send it there. It's a blind review process, so it shouldn't matter that nobody knows who you are.

lillnunnan@hotmail.com on "Where to publish pol.sociology/psychology"

lillnunnan@hotmail.com — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:49:49 +0000

lillnunnan@hotmail.com on "Where to publish pol.sociology/psychology"

lillnunnan@hotmail.com — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:48:59 +0000

I'm just finishing off a paper on cross-cultural mass values, their individual level dimensionality and effects on left-right positioning etc. But which journal should I send it to? I've been told I can and should aim as high as APSR, but question is if they would even consider work on these matters, if it comes from a nobody. I hardly ever see any such studies in APSR, except of course for the big names.
Alternatively, I could aim for purely sociological journals like AJS or ASR. But would that count on the CV of a political scientist? And they might feel my work is not sociological enough...Any advice is very welcome!