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Publius The Journal of Federalism is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Political Systems and Governance, American Constitutional Law and Politics, Local Government Finance and Decentralization.

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', Publius The Journal of Federalism, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inPolitical Systems and Governance American Constitutional Law and Politics Local Government Finance and Decentralization Electoral Systems and Political Participation Judicial and Constitutional Studies
ISSN0048-5950
Citation impact (2-yr)1.39
h-index74
i10-index771
Total citations30,395
Top institutions publishing hereTemple University
Journal websiteacademic.oup.com
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Papers published in Publius The Journal of Federalism per year

63
2014
62
2015
55
2016
68
2017
44
2018
33
2019
41
2020
44
2021
40
2022
49
2023
52
2024
78
2025

Citation impact of Publius The Journal of Federalism by publication year

671
2014
601
2015
732
2016
1.3K
2017
757
2018
204
2019
488
2020
566
2021
204
2022
203
2023
139
2024
64
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Publius The Journal of Federalism

Intergovernmental Relations in Canada: The Emergence of Collaborative Federalism

Douglas Cameron, Richard Simeon · 1 Jan 2002

“Executive federalism” or “federal-provincial diplomacy” has long been considered the defining characteristic of Canadian federalism, which combines federalism and Westminster-style cabinet government. However, these processes have come under increasing stress in recent years from a number of forces that have affected the nature and conduct of federalism and intergovernmental relations in Canada. Executive federalism has…

Federalism As an Ideal Political Order and an Objective for Constitutional Reform

James M. Buchanan · 1 Jan 1995

Federalism is first examined as an ideal-type political order as possibly emergent from initial constitutional agreement among members of a prospective political community. This abstracted and nonhistorical analysis is followed by an examination of the possible applicability of the federalist ideal as the basis for reform in specific historical-institutional settings. The direction of constitutional change…

The European Community: A Balancing Act

Alberta Sbragia · 1 Jan 1993

The European Community has traditionally been analyzed using theories and concepts drawn from international relations rather than from federalism. This article emphasizes the balance between the representation of territorial and nonterritorial interests in the Community and argues that concepts drawn from federalism can be useful in analytically understanding the Community as long as the American…

A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (House of Representatives, February 15, 2006 www.gpoaccess.gov/katrinareport/mainreport.pdf) * The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina Lessons Learned (White House staff, February 2006 www.whitehouse.gov/reports/katrina-lessons-learned/)

Marc Landy · 27 Jul 2007

Journal Article A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (House of Representatives, February 15, 2006 www.gpoaccess.gov/katrinareport/mainreport.pdf)The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina Lessons Learned (White House staff, February 2006 www.whitehouse.gov/reports/katrina-lessons-learned/) Get access Marc Landy Marc Landy Professor of Political ScienceBoston College Search…

Shifting the Blame: Federalism, Media, and Public Assignment of Blame Following Hurricane Katrina

Cherie D. Maestas, Lonna Rae Atkeson, Thomas Croom et al. · 30 Jan 2008

Federalism sprang to the forefront in public debates about the response to Hurricane Katrina as officials from the national, state, and local government sought to shift blame to other levels of government. Our analysis shows that attempts by national political actors to frame the response as the fault of state government actions were successful, but…

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Publius The Journal of Federalism 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', Publius The Journal of Federalism, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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