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Policy Studies Journal Template

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About the Policy Studies Journal format

Policy Studies Journal is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Public Policy and Administration Research, Policy Transfer and Learning, Local Government Finance and Decentralization.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Policy Studies Journal 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inPublic Policy and Administration Research Policy Transfer and Learning Local Government Finance and Decentralization Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
ISSN0190-292X
Citation impact (2-yr)2.72
h-index123
i10-index1,139
Total citations77,069
Article processing charge$3,860
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Colorado Denver
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Policy Studies Journal per year

58
2014
49
2015
58
2016
51
2017
66
2018
75
2019
45
2020
41
2021
40
2022
41
2023
63
2024
107
2025

Citation impact of Policy Studies Journal by publication year

3.5K
2014
2.8K
2015
2.5K
2016
2.7K
2017
2.3K
2018
3.2K
2019
1.1K
2020
752
2021
523
2022
548
2023
334
2024
237
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Policy Studies Journal

Background on the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework

Элинор Остром · 1 Feb 2011

This article provides an overview of the structure and evolution of the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework and a short introduction to its use by scholars to analyze a diversity of puzzles. It then addresses the relationship of IAD to a more complex framework for the analysis of social‐ecological systems and concludes with a…

1,675 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Policy Entrepreneurship and Policy Change

Michael Mintrom, Phillipa Norman · 20 Oct 2009

This article reviews the concept of policy entrepreneurship and its use in explaining policy change. Although the activities of policy entrepreneurs have received close attention in several studies, the concept of policy entrepreneurship is yet to be broadly integrated within analyses of policy change. To facilitate more integration of the concept, we here show how…

1,172 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
A Narrative Policy Framework: Clear Enough to Be Wrong?

Michael D. Jones, Mark K. McBeth · 23 Apr 2010

Narratives are increasingly subject to empirical study in a wide variety of disciplines. However, in public policy, narratives are thought of almost exclusively as a poststructural concept outside the realm of empirical study. In this paper, after reviewing the major literature on narratives, we argue that policy narratives can be studied using systematic empirical approaches…

Themes and Variations: Taking Stock of the Advocacy Coalition Framework

Christopher M. Weible, Paul Sabatier, Kelly McQueen · 1 Feb 2009

A policy process framework that has been developed to simplify the complexity of public policy is the advocacy coalition framework (ACF). This essay reports on an analysis of 80 applications of the ACF spanning nearly 20 years. The review shows that the ACF is applicable to various substantive topics, across various geographical areas, and with…

Policy Studies Journal template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Policy Studies Journal format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Policy Studies Journal template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Wiley format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Policy Studies Journal use?
Policy Studies Journal uses Author–year (Chicago) 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, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Policy Studies Journal 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Policy Studies Journal?
No. DocuGuru generates the USG LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Wiley-ready Policy Studies Journal 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 Policy Studies Journal template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Policy Studies Journal format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Policy Studies Journal?
Policy Studies Journal is a multidisciplinary journal published by Wiley. DocuGuru's Policy Studies Journal template matches Wiley's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Policy Studies Journal PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Policy Studies Journal template (the USG class) that is ready to submit to Wiley, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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