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Research & Politics Template

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About the Research & Politics format

Research & Politics is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Social Media and Politics, Political Conflict and Governance.

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

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Publishes research inElectoral Systems and Political Participation Social Media and Politics Political Conflict and Governance Media Influence and Politics Social and Intergroup Psychology
ISSN2053-1680
Citation impact (2-yr)2.82
h-index59
i10-index279
Total citations16,659
Article processing charge$800
Open accessYes
Top institutions publishing herePennsylvania State University
Journal websiteus.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Research & Politics per year

28
2014
52
2015
48
2016
51
2017
57
2018
44
2019
43
2020
43
2021
43
2022
58
2023
59
2024
54
2025

Citation impact of Research & Politics by publication year

1K
2014
2.9K
2015
1.7K
2016
2.9K
2017
1.5K
2018
3.6K
2019
798
2020
815
2021
425
2022
484
2023
287
2024
85
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Research & Politics

Validating the demographic, political, psychological, and experimental results obtained from a new source of online survey respondents

Alexander Coppock, Oliver McClellan · 1 Jan 2019

Researchers have increasingly turned to online convenience samples as sources of survey responses that are easy and inexpensive to collect. As reliance on these sources has grown, so too have concerns about the use of convenience samples in general and Amazon’s Mechanical Turk in particular. We distinguish between “external validity” and theoretical relevance, with the…

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“Who are these people?” Evaluating the demographic characteristics and political preferences of MTurk survey respondents

Connor Huff, Dustin Tingley · 1 Jul 2015

As Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) has surged in popularity throughout political science, scholars have increasingly challenged the external validity of inferences made drawing upon MTurk samples. At workshops and conferences experimental and survey-based researchers hear questions about the demographic characteristics, political preferences, occupation, and geographic location of MTurk respondents. In this paper we answer these…

Explaining the salience of anti-elitism and reducing political corruption for political parties in Europe with the 2014 Chapel Hill Expert Survey data

Jonathan Polk, Jan Rovný, Ryan Bakker et al. · 1 Jan 2017

This article addresses the variation of anti-corruption and anti-elite salience in party positioning across Europe. It demonstrates that while anti-corruption salience is primarily related to the (regional) context in which a party operates, anti-elite salience is primarily a function of party ideology. Extreme left and extreme conservative (TAN) parties are significantly more likely to emphasize…

Are samples drawn from Mechanical Turk valid for research on political ideology?

Scott Clifford, Ryan Jewell, Philip Waggoner · 1 Oct 2015

Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is an increasingly popular tool for the recruitment of research subjects. While there has been much focus on the demographic differences between MTurk samples and the national public, we know little about whether liberals and conservatives recruited from MTurk share the same psychological dispositions as their counterparts in the mass public.…

Trends in the diffusion of misinformation on social media

Hunt Allcott, Matthew Gentzkow, Chuan Yu · 1 Apr 2019

In recent years, there has been widespread concern that misinformation on social media is damaging societies and democratic institutions. In response, social media platforms have announced actions to limit the spread of false content. We measure trends in the diffusion of content from 569 fake news websites and 9540 fake news stories on Facebook and…

Research & Politics template — frequently asked questions

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