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Political Research Quarterly Template

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About the Political Research Quarterly format

Political Research Quarterly is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Gender Politics and Representation, Social Media and Politics. Over its lifetime it has published 2,952 papers, which have received 104,145 citations.

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

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Publishes research inElectoral Systems and Political Participation Gender Politics and Representation Social Media and Politics Political Influence and Corporate Strategies Judicial and Constitutional Studies
ISSN1065-9129
Citation impact (2-yr)1.7
h-index138
i10-index1,611
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Iowa
Journal websitewww.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Political Research Quarterly per year

65
2014
59
2015
81
2016
98
2017
102
2018
82
2019
90
2020
84
2021
116
2022
81
2023
94
2024
95
2025

Citation impact of Political Research Quarterly by publication year

2.4K
2014
2.3K
2015
4K
2016
3.6K
2017
3K
2018
2.3K
2019
2.1K
2020
1.1K
2021
1.3K
2022
459
2023
333
2024
92
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Political Research Quarterly

Case Selection Techniques in Case Study Research

Jason Seawright, John Gerring · 9 Feb 2008

How can scholars select cases from a large universe for in-depth case study analysis? Random sampling is not typically a viable approach when the total number of cases to be selected is small. Hence attention to purposive modes of sampling is needed. Yet, while the existing qualitative literature on case selection offers a wide range…

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The Impact of Public Opinion on Public Policy: A Review and an Agenda

Paul Burstein · 1 Mar 2003

This article considers the impact of public opinion on public policy, asking: (1) how much impact it has; (2) how much the impact increases as the salience of issues increases; (3) to what extent the impact of public opinion may be negated by interest groups, social movement organizations, political parties, and elites; (4) whether responsiveness…

1,452 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Race and Gender Cues in Low-Information Elections

Monika L. McDermott · 1 Dec 1998

Previous research has demonstrated that in low-information elections voters compensate for a lack of information by taking informational short-cuts, based on candidate cues, to make voting decisions. To date, this research has focused on candidate party identification and incumbency cues. This article argues that candidate demographic cues, specifically race and gender, also play an influential…

Considerations on Mainstreaming Intersectionality

Rita Kaur Dhamoon · 22 Sep 2010

This article identifies five key considerations for adopting and mainstreaming intersectionality: the language and concepts that are used; the complexities of difference and how to navigate this complexity; the choice of focusing on identities, categories, processes, and/or systems; the model that is used to explain and describe mutually constituted differences; and the principles that determine…

Gender as a Factor in the Attribution of Leadership Traits

Deborah Alexander, Kristi Andersen · 1 Sep 1993

The candidate evaluation literature has emphasized the contribution of both candidate characteristics and voter characteristics (e.g., party identification) to candidate appraisals. But the literature on attribution and sex role stereotypes suggests that women candidates may be evaluated differently than their male counterparts. This paper presents the results of a survey of 98 voters in which…

Political Research Quarterly template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Political Research Quarterly format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Political Research Quarterly template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Political Research Quarterly use?
Political Research Quarterly 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', Political Research Quarterly, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Political Research Quarterly?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Political Research 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 Political Research Quarterly template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Political Research Quarterly format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Political Research Quarterly?
SAGE journal (sagej). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by SAGE.
Can I export a submission-ready Political Research Quarterly PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Political Research Quarterly template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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