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British Journal of Political Science Template

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About the British Journal of Political Science format

British Journal of Political Science is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Social Policy and Reform Studies. Over its lifetime it has published 2,705 papers, which have received 159,298 citations.

PublisherCambridge University Press
Reference styleNumbered
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, British Journal of Political Science 12 (2023) 45–58.

Formats any DOI in the closest standard style — British Journal of Political Science has no published style definition, so this is an approximation. No sign-up.

Publishes research inElectoral Systems and Political Participation Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Social Policy and Reform Studies Legal case studies and regulations Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
ISSN0007-1234
Citation impact (2-yr)3.22
h-index187
i10-index1,661
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereLondon School of Economics and Political Science
Journal websitejournals.cambridge.org
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Papers published in British Journal of Political Science per year

61
2014
63
2015
66
2016
91
2017
69
2018
72
2019
85
2020
98
2021
78
2022
77
2023
49
2024
186
2025

Citation impact of British Journal of Political Science by publication year

5.2K
2014
3.8K
2015
3.4K
2016
6K
2017
3.9K
2018
2.7K
2019
4.3K
2020
2.6K
2021
1.7K
2022
1.2K
2023
348
2024
466
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in British Journal of Political Science

A Postfunctionalist Theory of European Integration: From Permissive Consensus to Constraining Dissensus

Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks · 27 Oct 2008

Preferences over jurisdictional architecture are the product of three irreducible logics: efficiency, distribution and identity. This article substantiates the following claims: (a) European integration has become politicized in elections and referendums; (b) as a result, the preferences of the general public and of national political parties have become decisive for jurisdictional outcomes; (c) identity is…

3,091 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
A Re-assessment of the Concept of Political Support

David Easton · 1 Oct 1975

It has been said about the United States that it is now suffering ‘a crisis of regime’. Europe, we have been told, is in little better condition: ‘all over Europe the First World War broke up the structure of society which, before 1914, had provided the necessary basis of confidence between government and governed. There…

3,035 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Decision Making in Political Systems: Veto Players in Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, Multicameralism and Multipartyism

George Tsebelis · 1 Jul 1995

The article compares different political systems with respect to one property: their capacity to produce policy change. I define the basic concept of the article, the ‘veto player’: veto players are individual or collective actors whose agreement (by majority rule for collective actors) is required for a change of the status quo. Two categories of…

2,615 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Political Opportunity Structures and Political Protest: Anti-Nuclear Movements in Four Democracies

Herbert Kitschelt · 1 Jan 1986

Since the 1960s, successive protest movements have challenged public policies, established modes of political participation and socio-economic institutions in advanced industrial democracies. Social scientists have responded by conducting case studies of such movements. Comparative analyses, particularly cross-national comparisons of social movements, however, remain rare, although opportunities abound to observe movements with similar objectives or forms…

2,521 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Sociotropic Politics: The American Case

Donald R. Kinder, D. Roderick Kiewiet · 1 Apr 1981

American elections depend substantially on the vitality of the national economy. Prosperity benefits candidates for the House of Representatives from the incumbent party (defined as the party that controls the presidency at the time of the election), whereas economic downturns enhance the electoral fortunes of opposition candidates. Short-term fluctuations in economic conditions also appear to…

1,510 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

British Journal of Political Science template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the British Journal of Political Science format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the British Journal of Political Science template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Cambridge University Press format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does British Journal of Political Science use?
British Journal of Political Science uses Numbered references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, British Journal of Political Science 12 (2023) 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to British Journal of Political Science?
No. DocuGuru generates the null LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Cambridge University Press-ready British Journal of Political Science document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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What is British Journal of Political Science?
British Journal of Political Science, a Cambridge University Press journal (cup-journal.cls, biber). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by Cambridge University Press.
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