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Public Opinion Quarterly Template

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About the Public Opinion Quarterly format

Public Opinion Quarterly is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Social Media and Politics, Survey Methodology and Nonresponse. Over its lifetime it has published 7,625 papers, which have received 251,320 citations.

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', Public Opinion Quarterly, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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

Publishes research inElectoral Systems and Political Participation Social Media and Politics Survey Methodology and Nonresponse Human auditory perception and evaluation Media Studies and Communication
ISSN0033-362X
Citation impact (2-yr)2.79
h-index216
i10-index2,435
Article processing charge$3,635
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Michigan
Journal websitewww.oxfordjournals.org
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Papers published in Public Opinion Quarterly per year

93
2014
88
2015
93
2016
88
2017
48
2018
59
2019
61
2020
74
2021
53
2022
63
2023
72
2024
75
2025

Citation impact of Public Opinion Quarterly by publication year

2.2K
2014
2.6K
2015
5.4K
2016
1.8K
2017
2K
2018
3.4K
2019
1.4K
2020
1.4K
2021
597
2022
724
2023
472
2024
69
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Public Opinion Quarterly

The Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media

Maxwell McCombs, Donald L. Shaw · 1 Jan 1972

In choosing and displaying news, editors, newsroom staff, and broadcasters play an important part in shaping political reality. Readers learn not only about a given issue, but also how much importance to attach to that issue from the amount of information in a news story and its position. In reflecting what candidates are saying during…

9,107 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Uses and Gratifications Research

Elihu Katz, Jay G. Blumler, Michael Gurevitch · 1 Jan 1973

ELIHU KATZ, JAY G. BLUMLER, MICHAEL GUREVITCH; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS RESEARCH, Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 37, Issue 4, 1 January 1973, Pages 509–52

3,760 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Influence of Source Credibility on Communication Effectiveness

Carl I. Hovland, Walter Weiss · 1 Jan 1951

In a new test of the process of forgetting, the authors found that subjects, at the time of exposure, discounted material from “untrustworthy” sources. In time, however, the subjects tended to disassociate the content and the source with the result that the original scepticism faded and the “untrustworthy” material was accepted. Lies, in fact, seemed…

3,427 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Functional Approach to the Study of Attitudes

Daniel Katz · 1 Jan 1960

At the psychological level the reasons for holding or for changing attitudes are found in the functions they perform for the individual, specifically the functions of adjustment, ego defense, value expression, and knowledge. The conditions necessary to arouse or modify an attitude vary according to the motivational basis of the attitude. Ego-defensive attitudes, for example,…

2,926 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Affect, Not Ideology

Shanto Iyengar, Gaurav Sood, Yphtach Lelkes · 1 Sep 2012

The current debate over the extent of polarization in the American mass public focuses on the extent to which partisans’ policy preferences have moved. Whereas “maximalists” claim that partisans’ views on policies have become more extreme over time (Abramowitz 2010), “minimalists” (Fiorina and Abrams 2009) contend that the majority of Americans remain centrist, and that…

2,613 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Public Opinion Quarterly template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Public Opinion Quarterly format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Public Opinion Quarterly 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 Public Opinion Quarterly use?
Public Opinion Quarterly 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', Public Opinion Quarterly, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Public Opinion Quarterly?
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 Public Opinion Quarterly 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 Public Opinion Quarterly template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Public Opinion Quarterly format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Public Opinion Quarterly?
Oxford University Press journal. It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by Oxford University Press.
Can I export a submission-ready Public Opinion Quarterly PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Public Opinion Quarterly 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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