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Parliamentary Affairs Template

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About the Parliamentary Affairs format

Parliamentary Affairs is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Political and Economic history of UK and US, Political Systems and Governance, Electoral Systems and Political Participation.

PublisherOxford University Press
Reference styleAuthor–year (OUP)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Parliamentary Affairs, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

Formats any DOI in the closest standard style — Parliamentary Affairs has no published style definition, so this is an approximation. No sign-up.

Publishes research inPolitical and Economic history of UK and US Political Systems and Governance Electoral Systems and Political Participation Irish and British Studies Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism
ISSN0031-2290
Citation impact (2-yr)1.97
h-index81
i10-index996
Total citations41,085
Article processing charge$3,769
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Liverpool
Journal websitepa.oxfordjournals.org
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Parliamentary Affairs per year

35
2014
61
2015
46
2016
83
2017
55
2018
50
2019
68
2020
68
2021
27
2022
24
2023
45
2024
60
2025

Citation impact of Parliamentary Affairs by publication year

723
2014
1.4K
2015
1.3K
2016
1.7K
2017
749
2018
512
2019
1K
2020
613
2021
172
2022
108
2023
201
2024
43
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Parliamentary Affairs

HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE

D. C. DASHFIELD · 1 Jan 1954

Journal Article HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE Get access D. C. DASHFIELD D. C. DASHFIELD Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume VIII, Issue 2, 1954, Pages 205–214, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a053040 Published: 01 April 1954

1,222 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
What is E-government

R Silcock · 1 Jan 2001

Journal Article What is E-government Get access R Silcock R Silcock Institute of Public Administration and Management, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 1, January 2001, Pages 88–101, https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/54.1.88 Published: 01 January 2001

The Effect of Increased Women's Representation in Parliament: The Case of Rwanda

Claire Devlin, Robert Elgie · 5 Feb 2008

There is an increasing amount of work on whether a higher level of women's representation in parliament leads to a different style of parliamentary politics. To date, most studies have focused on Western cases, and the results have been mixed. Women add new dimensions to the policy agenda, but there is little evidence that increased…

Why Britain Voted for Brexit: An Individual-Level Analysis of the 2016 Referendum Vote

Harold D. Clarke, Matthew Goodwin, Paul Whiteley · 16 Mar 2017

This paper investigates forces that shaped the decisions voters made in the June 23, 2016 referendum on the UK's continued membership in the European Union. Using data gathered in a national panel survey conducted before and after the referendum, multivariate models informed by previous research on voting in major 'polity-shaping' referendums are used to assess…

Parliamentary Affairs template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Parliamentary Affairs format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Parliamentary Affairs template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Oxford University Press format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Parliamentary Affairs use?
Parliamentary Affairs uses Author–year (OUP) 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', Parliamentary Affairs, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Parliamentary Affairs?
No. DocuGuru generates the oup-authoring-template LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Oxford University Press-ready Parliamentary Affairs document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Parliamentary Affairs template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Parliamentary Affairs format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Parliamentary Affairs?
Parliamentary Affairs is a multidisciplinary journal published by Oxford University Press. DocuGuru's Parliamentary Affairs template matches Oxford University Press's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Parliamentary Affairs PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Parliamentary Affairs template (the oup-authoring-template class) that is ready to submit to Oxford University Press, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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