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Frontiers in Political Science Template

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Frontiers in Political Science is a peer-reviewed journal published by Frontiers, covering Populism, Right-Wing Movements, Social Media and Politics, Electoral Systems and Political Participation. Over its lifetime it has published 1,339 papers, which have received 7,305 citations.

PublisherFrontiers
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Frontiers in Political Science, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inPopulism, Right-Wing Movements Social Media and Politics Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Conflict and Governance Misinformation and Its Impacts
ISSN2673-3145
Citation impact (2-yr)1.36
h-index39
i10-index192
Article processing charge$950
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Helsinki
Journal websitewww.frontiersin.org
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Papers published in Frontiers in Political Science per year

1
2019
14
2020
148
2021
161
2022
135
2023
189
2024
357
2025

Citation impact of Frontiers in Political Science by publication year

2
2019
483
2020
3K
2021
1.4K
2022
1.1K
2023
599
2024
477
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Frontiers in Political Science

What Is Youth Political Participation? Literature Review on Youth Political Participation and Political Attitudes

Julia Weiss · 15 May 2020

Looking at political participation behavior of young adults in contemporary Europe this paper provides the reader with a map of different terminologies and logics that are used to discuss youth political participation. The existing literature is examined using five guiding questions: what defines youth political participation? How does youth political participation differ from adult political…

Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Through Effective Health Communication

Matt Motta, Steven Sylvester, Timothy Callaghan et al. · 28 Jan 2021

Context: Overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic will require most Americans to vaccinate against the virus. Unfortunately, previous research suggests that many Americans plan to refuse a vaccine; thereby jeopardizing collective immunity. We investigate the effectiveness of three different health communication frames hypothesized to increase vaccine intention; emphasizing either 1) personal health risks, 2) economic costs, or…

Young people's climate activism: A review of the literature

Sally Neas, Ann Ward, Benjamin Bowman · 4 Aug 2022

The year 2018 was a watershed year for young people's climate activism. In this review article, we explore the methodological trends and key themes across contemporary academic literature on young people's climate activism. In the academic literature, following an initial wave of survey-based research of young people and textual analysis of secondary data like media…

The Effect of Frames on COVID-19 Vaccine Resistance

Risa Palm, Toby Bolsen, Justin T. Kingsland · 13 May 2021

In order to control the spread of infectious diseases such as COVID-19, it will be important to develop a communication strategy to counteract “vaccine resistance”, that is, the refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine even when available. This paper reports the results of a survey experiment testing the impacts of several types of message content:…

Political Trust in the “Places That Don't Matter”

Lawrence McKay, Will Jennings, Gerry Stoker · 26 Apr 2021

A popular explanation for the recent success of right-wing populist candidates, parties and movements is that this is the “revenge of the places that don't matter”. Under this meso-level account, as economic development focuses on increasingly prosperous cities, voters in less dynamic and rural areas feel neglected by the political establishment, and back radical change.…

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What reference style does Frontiers in Political Science use?
Frontiers in Political Science uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Frontiers in Political Science, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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