Language English Publisher Routledge Frequency Quarterly | Edited by Gabrielle Peterson Publication history 1986–present | |
Discipline International relations | ||
The Cambridge Review of International Affairs is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal on international relations, particularly in the fields of international studies, international law, and international political economy. It is published by Routledge.
Contents
Background
The journal was conceived in 1985 by graduate students in the Centre of International Studies (now part of the Department of Politics and International Studies) at the University of Cambridge. Its first issue was published in 1986. It is staffed by postgraduate students from the university and its current editorial team is headed by editor-in-chief Gabrielle Peterson.
Notable articles
Most cited articles include Globalisation or 'glocalisation'? Networks, territories and rescaling by Erik Swyngedouw, Does capitalism need the state system? by Alex Callinicos and Europe's others and the return of geopolitics by Thomas Diez.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 0.438, ranking it 113th out of 161 journals in the category "Political Science" and 60th out of 85 journals in the category "International Relations".